[War_ooc] Some discussions we need to have, right now

[pentaj2 at Scranton.edu]

Hi, everybody.

It's awfully quiet around here.

So I figure now is a good time to put some things out on the table.

Because these issues need to be settled.

First off.

The World Reports.

There are separate questions here that need to be answered, though 
they are linked.

1. Are they useful?

2. Should they continue in their present form?

3. If they should not, what should replace them to decide game actions 
and advance the plot?

4. If they should, what changes should be made?

Next off.

The GMs.

Currently, WAR is designed around a 3-GM system.

Unfortunately, Ian is often a bit flighty in whether or not we know if 
he's still alive. This may not be his fault, but it's posing a problem.

Because, see, me and Chris are often about to kill each other.

It just has not been good to have the two active GMs playing countries 
which are more often than not competing with each other - that *does* 
work, but we *need* a third GM. To mediate, to go "Okay, guys, quit 
sniping and cool down", to take some of the workload off our 
shoulders. To provide a third brain to help us.

So.

Ian: Step up, my friend. Are you still with us? Do you still want to 
be a GM?

Speak, man! Post! Give us some signal you're among the land of the 
living!

(Silence must, in this case, be presumed to be a negative answer, not 
consent as would usually be the case.)

If he doesn't answer...Ehh, let's say within a week (by 8/28/07), then 
we can presume he's not going to.

The question is:

How do YOU, the players (lurkers can comment too!), think it should be?

Should we have one GM? Three? Some other number?

(We need GMs; no matter how much the option of 'none' might appeal, it 
would not be practical.)

Should there be some division of labor, or should each GM be 
responsible for everything?

Speak, speak. Please.

On that note:

I suck at advertising. I love to deal with newbies once they've sent 
in an application and made themselves known to us, but I am no good at 
getting people to actually take that step.

If anybody here wants to take up that task, -go ahead-. Please. 
Because we need people.

John