GLA events
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:07 am
This isn't meant to be an attack on anyone at all, but I for one am getting a bit tired of all of the GLA events that are going on in their current form. I liked it much better before when it was something that was rarely done after other avenues had been exhausted. Court spent a good bit of time trying to come up with a method of doing so icly that would support further rp between the parties effected, but that was scraped due to a lack of support for it. Back then it didn't matter because again, it was rarely done. But now it seems like it's happening every couple of days and lots of money and IP is being thrown around. As to the legitimacy of the GLA's, I dont' know. My character has his opinion, but that doesn't matter. What I will say is that for me as a player, it's frustrating to see so many GLA events so often as we have lately. I presume (it seems like anyway) from the same groups, I don't know. It is happening so much and it doesn't seem like there is much attempt to rp or respond to rp about it along the way and the two camps fire off ip events at each other. It ends up being the IP equivalent of naval battle where the person with the most resources or biggest bombs wins, unless the other side lands a lucky blow.
And for me... that isn't fun rp when there is no engagement aside from the IP measuring contest. And I imagine for the people doing them there is equal frustration that it can be countered so quickly and so often, for better or for worse. It often ends in stale mates that last until someone just finally gives up out of sheer exhaustion or the inability to spend enough time rping to do it. Which again doesn't lead to the fun factor of things.
I think it is a system that is valuable, but in need of review and change. What form that change takes, I'm not entirely sure. perhaps other more RP focused ways of removing GL's and focus IP on some other scheme, but leave the GL stuff in ic hands of players so staff doesn't do it. There are two things that I definitely think need to happen if we are going to be keeping the system.
1. Standardization of what you can say in a GLA and who you can say the GLA is representing. There have been GLA's talking about a council of Proconsuls and elections which doesn't make sense with the way the Reeves are actually run. There have been references to embassies speaking out against things that have gone on. Where does it end? Could I proclaim that the duke of Vandago is in agreement with me as I have this letter from him saying that the Poet Laudate does in fact smell of stinky cheese because I have 54 ip spent on it? I was told in the past to be very careful of not speaking for npc's outside of my own small realm of influence, even if I had high influence and I don't think anyone has control of the ducal courts and their embassies except staff.
2. The option to make yourself anonymous has -no- meaning or impact anymore. I think if someone is going to be standing up and saying a lot of shit about people, but doesn't back it up by standing up for it, their word should have less weight. Right now the cost difference between being anonymous and not anonymous is 1 IP point. And that 1 ip point you save by not being anonymous, you can't even spend on the vent. It requires you to keep it as if you were spending it to be anonymous. So therefore it really has no impact at all if you are anonymous or not. it used to be that the difference was something like 5 ip. I think that in some way there should be a cost/impact to being anonymous, whether it requires RPA to hide it and RPA to try and find out who is spreading it or something. Right now the system of anonymity is pointless except that it hinders RP because you can't go to the person and be like 'what's going on' unless you happen to guess right about who is speaking.
I really don't mean to rain on anyone's parade here or try and stop RP. I'm not even saying that we should remove a method of getting rid of GL's, I think it is important. I do know that this is tiring and being a GL is already a very thankless job with few people willing to muscle up and do it.
And for me... that isn't fun rp when there is no engagement aside from the IP measuring contest. And I imagine for the people doing them there is equal frustration that it can be countered so quickly and so often, for better or for worse. It often ends in stale mates that last until someone just finally gives up out of sheer exhaustion or the inability to spend enough time rping to do it. Which again doesn't lead to the fun factor of things.
I think it is a system that is valuable, but in need of review and change. What form that change takes, I'm not entirely sure. perhaps other more RP focused ways of removing GL's and focus IP on some other scheme, but leave the GL stuff in ic hands of players so staff doesn't do it. There are two things that I definitely think need to happen if we are going to be keeping the system.
1. Standardization of what you can say in a GLA and who you can say the GLA is representing. There have been GLA's talking about a council of Proconsuls and elections which doesn't make sense with the way the Reeves are actually run. There have been references to embassies speaking out against things that have gone on. Where does it end? Could I proclaim that the duke of Vandago is in agreement with me as I have this letter from him saying that the Poet Laudate does in fact smell of stinky cheese because I have 54 ip spent on it? I was told in the past to be very careful of not speaking for npc's outside of my own small realm of influence, even if I had high influence and I don't think anyone has control of the ducal courts and their embassies except staff.
2. The option to make yourself anonymous has -no- meaning or impact anymore. I think if someone is going to be standing up and saying a lot of shit about people, but doesn't back it up by standing up for it, their word should have less weight. Right now the cost difference between being anonymous and not anonymous is 1 IP point. And that 1 ip point you save by not being anonymous, you can't even spend on the vent. It requires you to keep it as if you were spending it to be anonymous. So therefore it really has no impact at all if you are anonymous or not. it used to be that the difference was something like 5 ip. I think that in some way there should be a cost/impact to being anonymous, whether it requires RPA to hide it and RPA to try and find out who is spreading it or something. Right now the system of anonymity is pointless except that it hinders RP because you can't go to the person and be like 'what's going on' unless you happen to guess right about who is speaking.
I really don't mean to rain on anyone's parade here or try and stop RP. I'm not even saying that we should remove a method of getting rid of GL's, I think it is important. I do know that this is tiring and being a GL is already a very thankless job with few people willing to muscle up and do it.