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RE: Nexus-remove
Blunt, but true. We need to standardize.
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Michael Kilgore wrote:
> 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
>
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