RE: Nexus-remove

[Michael Kilgore <m.a.kilgore@worldnet.att.net>]

This is where I differ in opinion concerning Dan.  Dan abandoned the 
position last year and hence I do not consider him to be the campaign 
moderator any longer.  We do need a new campaign moderator, one who attends 
at least once every two weeks.  Last time I checked none of our senior GMs 
or Dan show up regularly.  It has been at least two months since I seen 
Wright at any meetings.  I think it has been about three weeks since Lyle 
last shown up.  And Dan, has had an absence of NINE TO TEN MONTHS.  I am 
very certain that I am not the only one of this opinion as demonstrated 
what happened last weekend.

While I give credit to Dan for what he has done, he has not been giving the 
leadership that the campaign needs as of late.  If he should change his 
mind (and the club as a whole, including non-student players and 
non-student GMs, agrees) and takes charge of the campaign as a campaign 
moderator should, my opinion is not going to change.

I don't think the bickering and arguing was due entirely upon what happened 
with your adventure.  It is a symptom of a greater ill in the club.  The 
club does not have consistent and regular leadership in respects to the 
campaign.  Things are not going to get better until the campaign gets it.

Thanks,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From:	Brandon Stenger [SMTP:bh010296@prodigy.net]
Sent:	Monday, October 04, 1999 11:23 PM
To:	m.a.kilgore@worldnet.att.net
Cc:	GM List
Subject:	RE: Nexus-remove

> C)  Once in every six months is the rule but out of courtesy of other GMs
> you should not make earth-shattering changes without consulting
> them.  And
> consulting Dan who has not GMs or played games in the last six
> months other
> than the newby games may have been faulty.  I understand that you
> might not
> have realized you made a mistake in consulting Dan.  Lyle would
> have been a
> much better choice.

I do not now, nor will I ever, acknowledge making a mistake in consulting
Dan. He is the campaign coordinator, as well as the GM who created the
Nexus, a plot device that featured heavily in my intended adventure. He
allowed me to eliminate his plot device and run my adventure entirely as I
planned.

For those of you that GM regularly in Rougtero, this is how it is supposed
to work. You create a summary of your planned adventure, you email it to 
Dan
or make arrangements to discuss it with him in person. As the campaign
coordinator it is then his right to ask you to change any or all of your
intended plot. Speaking from experience, I can say that he is more than
willing to help you do so. This is the procedure that I have followed every
time I have started a plotline, or wanted to GM a one-off adventure. It's
his campaign, and by NOT consulting Dan you do him a disservice.

How many GMs willingly accept the 5000 experience point bounty that was
placed on GMing an adventure? If you recall, that bounty was for adventures
approved by the campaign coordinator. Quite simply, unless you run your 
plot
by Dan first, you don't deserve it.

Also, on a related note, I would like to say how very disappointed I was
Saturday night in the behaviours of a few members of the Fantasy Club.
Calling for an election of a new campaign coordinator just because 
something
happened in a game that was upsetting to you is, at best, childish. Dan has
put years of work into this campaign and this system, and to put forward 
the
idea of simply tossing him out because you have an evening with which you
are dissatisfied is something to be ashamed of.

Brandon