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Hercules is offline Hercules
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in Tir Na Og
Sep 2002
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  Old Post 27-06-2004 15:30
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Starting all over: Structure ?

This thread is to determine our structure or lack of it. In the 54 forum we saw ourselves as a loose bunch of hackers.

But we do need some order.

For instance:

we will need to confirm how we appoint the turnplayer. Should we adapt agent JohnDMullers proposal.

Elections and nominations for first turnplayer

we need to appoint a chief tech researcher or do we? Our research tech thread

An Ambassador (less urgent)

Our Factions PR agent - Newsletter publisher

Our micro management thread

Our recruitment publicity: Urgent

Our Welcome thread.

When we reach agreement on key topics I will top the threads.

Kody is offline Kody
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Jun 2003
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  Old Post 27-06-2004 18:05
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I wonder if it's okay if I can read you old forums?

Hercules is offline Hercules
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JohnDMuller's post:Copied from our private forum and to which there was general agreement.

Re: Something about turnplayer and/or faction leader description


Regarding the length of time each person served as turn player, I think we were theoretically going for 10-turn terms, but at the very beginning (I was the first) there wasn't much to do (after planting the initial bases, it was mostly waiting for things to get built). At the beginning, we were still feeling our way in the basic stuff, like how to circulate the turn files and how long to allow for feedback, etc., and I don't think we were stable enough to go through a reorganization so soon. And so it seemed reasonable to continue for a second term, as otherwise one would see nothing through to completion; as it was, it took that long to get our first built from scratch base planted. I suspect Herc felt the same way during his stint, as he was also interested in continuing for a second 10 years. By then, tradition had it that a term was 20 years. Little did we know that we were destined for little more than 3 terms; if we did know more, we would have changed other things besides the term limits.

It would make sense to have a sliding scale, say 20 years for the first term, 15 for the next two, and 10 from then on. By the time we got to the third turn player, there might be enough to do to keep 2 people busy, say both internal (base and terraforming) and external (exploration and adventurism) managers.

GeoModder is offline GeoModder
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Jan 2004
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  Old Post 27-06-2004 21:15
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I'm in favor of JohnDMuller's proposal, since the 'workload' isn't that high in early game. As for the turnplayer and the other future responsabilities, election is the way to go IMHO.

Enigma_Nova is offline Enigma_Nova
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Nov 2003
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  Old Post 27-06-2004 22:49
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I'm skeptical, but I'll go with this for now.

I tend not to play until I see the turn first-hand, so I can't plan until I see the turn first-hand.

I fear that a turnplayer will go ahead and play the turn without the advice of his teammates - that's my biggest gripe with an appointed turnplayer; that they're the ones making the decisions instead of the team.

Hercules is offline Hercules
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No the advice is sought and welcomed. In the early turns I imagine several of us will be available to discuss the early moves.
If need be on line with mirc or something but personnally I am lousey with that. Meaning I can contribute to the discussion but my system may not allow for speedy interaction and keeping the turn open at the same time.

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Hercules is offline Hercules
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  Old Post 28-06-2004 04:14
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Enigma: Though you might not think it we have a number of Data Angel potential sign ups who are very interested in the micro game.

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Aug 2002
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  Old Post 28-06-2004 05:05
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I think it should be monthly rather than a set number of turns. That's how it was done in the first ACDG, and it worked fairly well.

As for structure, we need a method of officer appointment and removal. Since only the turnplayer is really a *necessary* position, let's decide on that first.

I see it as vital that we have a mechanism in place to remove a turnplayer who is not following the majority decisions. So how about majority vote with runoffs to elect, and a supermajority (Somewhere from 3/5 to 2/3) to de-elect before the term is up.

The reason for the runoffs is that if we simply go by the person with the largest number of votes, that person might not get a majority. Therefore, we should have runoffs if no candidate gets a majority.

My proposal for the runoffs is this: The top two (including any ties for second place) run against each other, or if the top two don't have a majority between them, the top three. If the combined votes for the top three still don't make a majority, the top four are polled, and so on.

Does this make sense to everyone?

Enigma_Nova is offline Enigma_Nova
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  Old Post 28-06-2004 07:40
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Kody is offline Kody
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Can be also be appointed an honorary title... or two.

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You mean an RP title.
I tend to stay away from RP. <_<

Trithemius is offline Trithemius
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  Old Post 28-06-2004 14:34
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You mean an RP title.
I tend to stay away from RP. <_<


Uh-oh...

Kody is offline Kody
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Trithemius, hey don't worry. One good thing is that roleplay and game strategy can work seperately in this DG. Also this game there's two narrators. Although Honghu seems to be a little busy right now.

At the moment holding of starting some of the roleplay stuff so the turnplayers can get organised and settled down.

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  Old Post 28-06-2004 16:29
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Trithemius, hey don't worry. One good thing is that roleplay and game strategy can work seperately in this DG. Also this game there's two narrators. Although Honghu seems to be a little busy right now.

At the moment holding of starting some of the roleplay stuff so the turnplayers can get organised and settled down.


Okay, but I hope that RP is going to weighted as highly as mechanical concerns. It's a pity when we all seem to end up playing different games.

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You know that my strength lies in playing the turns and planning the turns.
Already I'm setting up the first turnchat - IRC based as far as I can tell.

Kody is offline Kody
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Well what kind of roleplay are you after Trithemius?

As narrator I kindof see it as my job to keep the roleplayers interested.

Snowflake is offline Snowflake
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The game provides much room for everybody, Trithemius. The way I see it Enigma is interested in gameplay and he can continue to do so. Others may be interested in other aspects and that's exactly why we have more than one member in a team.

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I may be the most haughty and superior person on these boards,
but I won't begrudge anyone for doing something diffent to me.

At least - not until it stops me pursuing my agenda, but that's to be expected.
Speaking of which...

* Enigma_Nova begrudges people for not voting in the team IM poll

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  Old Post 29-06-2004 07:20
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Just voted on the aforesaid poll...

As for titles, why not, for the moment, having the turnplayer decide on what title he or she wants? That saves on management overhead, and we can certainly figure out a system of titles later.

Are we agreed that each and every team member may use the title "Datajack," or would we rather reserve that title for a single person (likely either the mod or the turnplayer)?

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Nov 2002
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  Old Post 29-06-2004 09:48
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"Datajack" should be the staple citizen's title. For positions that have defininite terms, I favor number-of-turns over real-time limits, so that people know how far ahead they have to plan/the extent of their service.

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The game provides much room for everybody, Trithemius. The way I see it Enigma is interested in gameplay and he can continue to do so. Others may be interested in other aspects and that's exactly why we have more than one member in a team.


It is my sincere hope that this proves to be the case.

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we will need to confirm how we appoint the turnplayer. Should we adapt agent JohnDMullers proposal.

we need to appoint a chief tech researcher or do we? Our research tech thread.

The only way we'll keep a well-led team is if our strategicians produce a plan for the entire faction, for all the bases, several techs into the future.

Having a contiguous plan for the entire faction is better than having bits of plans for each base or each tech.
Anyone who's played a PBEM can tell you a single person can run an entire faction, and run it well.

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An Ambassador (less urgent)

We'll need someone who's online very frequently. 4 hours a day at minimum - in at least 3 clumps.
I fit this profile, and know how to manipulate.
Problem is, some people on Apolyton consider me as a target for malevolence.

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* FlameFlash shrugs.

I'm a loose hacker by heart, even though I couldn't hack much farther than into a chicken with a butcher knife...

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