From experience with the previous MTDG, I'd like to suggest that it's a BAD idea to give someone a badge like "you're the lead planner", that will just mean everyone else slacks off. But it's a GOOD idea to appoint a specific ambassadors to be the lead diplomats towards particular other teams, to avoid tripping each other up. Diplomacy is all about appearances after all.
I'm happy to serve in whatever function I can, where I am needed.
i second that
i would additionally propose an easy voting system for the above described jobs:
1. each job lasts for 1 month (except DMOC as main turnplayer)
2. we have (or better, in my opinion should have) the following jobs:
- main diplomat and 2 substitutes
- main turnplayer and 2 substitutes
- major (leader of our "tribe"... ...has last word on everything going on in our forum)
3. each job should be voted for a month in a public vote
4. we need a threat, where people can officially apply for above mentioned jobs
5. major takes care of votes, meaning, 1 week before month ends, he puts up public polls (so everybody can see who voted for whom) and puts the candidates up for voting
6. planning, sandkasten, etc. is always an open and public decision that should be taken as a team, meaning if there are 2 alternatives discussed, major puts up a public vote between them and whole team can decide.
7. every single team member has the right to post own ideas for planning, sandkasten etc. and ask major to put them up for voting
that would be my 2cents on that matter
to take it a little further and make it a bit more precise, i would propose DMOC as our "interims"-major until game starts (next tuesday is sheduled), to put up the voting threats if we want to take it into that direction, filling in the candidates that applied here in this threat for the jobs... ...opinions?
on a side note:
the majors job is one of the most important jobs, cause he´s supposed to organize what we are doing here, stop arguments and take care that all team members are "happy" and well represented, help coordinating diplomacy with the various teams within our own team, do some basic analysis on whats going on and such... ...although beeing one of the most important jobs, only basic knowledge of the game is required... ...so its an ideal job for everybody to get more into the game, as long as you are willing to invest the time required for this (which is quite a lot)