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25 July 2009

Discord And Chaos In The WA

I'm tired and I don't have much time for pontificating so I'm just going to summarise recent events:

  • The proposal to liberate Belgium has reached the floor and is now being voted on by the World Assembly. With liberation proposals been written left, right and centre I can't help but feel that maybe the defenders are spreading themselves a little thin. Reclaiming one region will be difficult, regardless of password restrictions. Organising a way of reclaiming several regions will be much harder.
  • A temporary ruleset has been written up by Ardchoille for the Security Council. This has been quite a formidable task in many respects and it's still in the process of being beaten out on the anvil. We need rules that are clear, concise, and appropriate. I just hope we can manage it quickly, because a lot of players are rather losing their patience!
  • Voting times on proposals that have reached the floor has been reduced from a week to four days.
  • We've had a few glitches and bugs popping up here and there but they've not caused too many problems.
  • I've finished the latest batch of issues and am waiting upon admin to give me the next.
In conclusion, and in reference to my second point, the new rules for Security Council resolutions need to be sorted out with co-operation between moderators and players. So if you have any ideas, let us know. If you think any rule shouldn't be there, let us know. We've got a framework from which to build something that could benefit the gameplay. So let's build!
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unibot said...

I would say factual errors is all the more meat for repeal writers, or a good reason not to vote for the proposal (if it's not too late). I mean, dates and stuff are all fine and dandy, but the 'truth' can be interpreted in many different ways. I think its a slippery slope to be openly deleting proposal for 'factual errors' (especially, because what if the argument for deletion is wrong?) , and sort of a waste of time considering the other options.

Also if we allow for off-site forums and activities to be used as 'evidence' in proposals, it will become much harder to check what's fact or fiction - when instead, natives to that forums could be saving a mod's energy, and creating a good repeal out of the knowledge that they know. Or a repeal writer could do their own research.

In others words, let the players judge what's valid, and true - and repeal and campaign as necessary.

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