Anyway, double post but I'll comment on the rest of the things now. I'm sure I'll offend some of you in some way, but I guess it's better than no answer.
By the way, there is some hostility against the admins here, and I'm not liking that much. Trust me, we're all ready to give up our positions and etc. for you guys if there is a good reason.
I just think the members are waiting for something to do.
The reason members aren't stepping up to ask for challenging jobs is they're afraid of the admins. I would be intimidated if an admin held a powerful job and I wanted to take it away from them. If we advertised them better as well it could work better. But as soon as that position is filled people assume it's off limits. And when an admin holds it, it seems twice as off limits.
We need to ask the members! Get a tally, don't go off their word or anything, honestly don't be like "Hey, we need this position filled, who wants it!" Present them the idea, tell people to look at it daily, get their input on it, and see what THEY think about it. It really sucks being a member sometimes, because you just don't know what's going on with the plot.
It sucks being an admin even more. Your like a worker at Disneyland.
Anyway, I don't think you guys should speak for all the members. You guys represent the very small few who participate in our plots. Most of the other members don't really care about the plot. Perhaps that's our fault, but in my 5 year experience the main problems have been:
a) Low member base. We've usually had .. 15-30 members on PA. No more than that. That's usually not enough for big plots if..
b) Some members don't participate, no matter how good the plot is. Yeah we can't do anything to fix this.
c) Closed plotting. This happens quite often. Take the last plot, people in power positions controlled the plot and roleplayed with each other, ignoring everyone else. That makes it difficult for the newer members to get involved. However, I think we've opened up a bit now, so this is no longer a major problem.
Still, I know that there are some members who want to participate. In the dramatis personae thread Aaron, Haley, Louis, Madd, Jas and Shacklebolt all posted their characters history (something that, by the way, none of you besides Khaat and Jack did.) Clearly they want to be part of a good plot and we owe them (and you lot) something good. For that reason we are considering Jack's plot. I quite like it actually, I agree that the dystopian setting is awesome, but we're going to wait for Jess to come back before starting anything new.
So what I was thinking we do is have a thread like this at PA discussion. Wait and see what plot ideas other members have. Then perhaps present our ideas and see how members like them.
Oh, and positions. My personal rule is that admins should hold as few positions as possible. However, sometimes it is necessary to hold them as members have done a pretty bad job in the past. They hold the positions, but only roleplay and plot with their friends. But as I said, I think that things have changed lately. So we may make some changes with the positions, but not until the next update.
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