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<blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 4377487" data-attributes="member: 21064"><p>It's somewhat difficult to split up the ideas into polls, as they're very interrelated. I tried to keep the polls unbiased and all inclusive, so now I'll voice some opinions.</p><p></p><p>Regarding world building, it should be up to the community. We've got some great thinkers, and some neat ideas, and I do have opinions. But ultimately I think the community should choose.</p><p></p><p>Regarding meta rules, I think taking some load off of the judges is important.</p><p></p><p>Judge rewarding isn't conducive to happy players, I don't think, so that's not really a valid option.</p><p></p><p>Somebody mentioned having "Scribes" earlier. They would log an adventure in real-time, recording world information, in return for "Tokens". This could potentially be the DM, or it could be somebody else.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if Adventure Judges are even necessary at all. I suppose they're good to have if a DM disappears, but have we ever had a case of an Adventure Judge doing anything besides rules advice and stepping in for an absent DM? XP approval is arguably an important Judge function. Since we're starting a new world, from the ground up (all talk of conversion has been left in the dust), we might as well reconsider the fundamental meta rules of LEW.</p><p></p><p>As a Character Judge, I can tell you that even when we only have a few characters, it's still a lot of work (especially high level characters), and when an adventure finishes and everybody levels, it's... well, frankly it's a pain in the neck. I don't know if there's a better way to approve characters, because I think it's a necessary thing, but the current system, while effective, is rather slow and takes some very dedicated individuals. (My sincerest thanks goes out to Orsal, senior Character Judge and, to my knowledge, longest standing Character Judge. Without you, LEW would cease to function.)</p><p></p><p>One thing I am certain of: Wiki's are awesome. And now that we have an ENW2 wiki, we should definitely make use of it. It could be used for many things, not just as an Atlas.</p><p></p><p>The Bazaar that Wik mentioned could be located there. No need for a judge/mod to take down old things, let the community handle it.</p><p></p><p>The Library that someone (Wik?) mentioned, the catalog of character thoughts/adventure summaries/whatnot could be located there.</p><p></p><p>I'm not so certain about this, but maybe even characters could be kept there. Since the wiki can be edited by everybody, it poses a slight security risk, but really, a forum is not the best place for a catalog of characters either.</p><p></p><p>Wiki's have infinite memories (that is, all past versions of a page are saved in the history forever), so all changes to a character are automatically logged. This means that they are verifiable and reversible. I can maybe see a DM adding XP to each of his players Character Wiki Pages, and the Character Judges just check that the XP section has only been touched by DMs.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'd just like to see the community do more and the judges do less. Not just from an administrative perspective, but also from a "building a functioning world together" perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rae ArdGaoth, post: 4377487, member: 21064"] It's somewhat difficult to split up the ideas into polls, as they're very interrelated. I tried to keep the polls unbiased and all inclusive, so now I'll voice some opinions. Regarding world building, it should be up to the community. We've got some great thinkers, and some neat ideas, and I do have opinions. But ultimately I think the community should choose. Regarding meta rules, I think taking some load off of the judges is important. Judge rewarding isn't conducive to happy players, I don't think, so that's not really a valid option. Somebody mentioned having "Scribes" earlier. They would log an adventure in real-time, recording world information, in return for "Tokens". This could potentially be the DM, or it could be somebody else. I'm wondering if Adventure Judges are even necessary at all. I suppose they're good to have if a DM disappears, but have we ever had a case of an Adventure Judge doing anything besides rules advice and stepping in for an absent DM? XP approval is arguably an important Judge function. Since we're starting a new world, from the ground up (all talk of conversion has been left in the dust), we might as well reconsider the fundamental meta rules of LEW. As a Character Judge, I can tell you that even when we only have a few characters, it's still a lot of work (especially high level characters), and when an adventure finishes and everybody levels, it's... well, frankly it's a pain in the neck. I don't know if there's a better way to approve characters, because I think it's a necessary thing, but the current system, while effective, is rather slow and takes some very dedicated individuals. (My sincerest thanks goes out to Orsal, senior Character Judge and, to my knowledge, longest standing Character Judge. Without you, LEW would cease to function.) One thing I am certain of: Wiki's are awesome. And now that we have an ENW2 wiki, we should definitely make use of it. It could be used for many things, not just as an Atlas. The Bazaar that Wik mentioned could be located there. No need for a judge/mod to take down old things, let the community handle it. The Library that someone (Wik?) mentioned, the catalog of character thoughts/adventure summaries/whatnot could be located there. I'm not so certain about this, but maybe even characters could be kept there. Since the wiki can be edited by everybody, it poses a slight security risk, but really, a forum is not the best place for a catalog of characters either. Wiki's have infinite memories (that is, all past versions of a page are saved in the history forever), so all changes to a character are automatically logged. This means that they are verifiable and reversible. I can maybe see a DM adding XP to each of his players Character Wiki Pages, and the Character Judges just check that the XP section has only been touched by DMs. Anyway, I'd just like to see the community do more and the judges do less. Not just from an administrative perspective, but also from a "building a functioning world together" perspective. [/QUOTE]
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