New Sheriff in town

[Sonereal]

ImperiumPodcastium II: I-A-R-R or Eye-arr?

 

[Birdjaguar]

I removed it. Anyway, christos, what is your argument against merging IOT with NES?

I missed it, but it sounds like a smart move to delete it.

 

[Terrance888]

It's a Never Ending Imperium OnTopicum Stories! NEIOTS.

 

[Mosher]

When I said that out loud it sounded like nets.

Who wants to play in a net?

 

[DroopyTofu]

If we start getting post count for playing these, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. But besides that, I don't see that it's hurting anybody to have separate forums.

 

[Dachs]

If we start getting post count for playing these, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. But besides that, I don't see that it's hurting anybody to have separate forums.

The current state of thins is not hurting anybody, no. But there are significant advantages that would accrue to both groups by merging. Easier to cross-pollinate ideas, a larger communal player base, and, yeah, you guys get postcount for this stuff (the most important thing, surely ). By comparison, the "disadvantages" - IOT loses its special forum and an element of its subcultural uniqueness (but not all of its uniqueness; there are still plenty of cliques as there are on the NES forum) - are very slight.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Its just Christos. I wouldn't really be bothered by anything he says... Chances are it doesn't mean much.

Christos' opinions do not in any way represent the opinions of the IOT community as a whole.

So he's like the bizarro-universe alternate of Luckymoose!

 

[Terrance888]

That's why I accidentally misplaced their orders for each others for 1 turn, and I didn't notice any difference, and neither did they.

 

[NinjaCow64]

So he's like the bizarro-universe alternate of Luckymoose!

That's exactly what I was going to say!

 

[mayor]

I have taken on the job of moderating IOT and resolving disputes between players and game mods. The IOT forum is new to me and I do not really understand how the games work or the dynamics of player interaction. Such an understanding will be helpful to me.

Please post in this thread your thoughts on game play, how things should work, how the work in practice and any problems that might need attention. This is not a thread to complain about particular individuals. I am not ready for that yet.

Thanks for your cooperation and help. Educate me please.

Advertise your IOT in NESing

Due to RL I hadn't seen this threat until now so let me start by, welcome Birdjaguar to this childish, spammy, idiotic, clever, intelligent in its own way but most of all fun group of CFC'ers*

I know the current subject is whether to merge IOT and NES or not but I want to adress your post anyway.

1. How much power will GMs have in terms of policing their own threads, both at start up and as the game progresses?

At start up; I, personally, belief (and there are a few more who think this) the GM should be able to deny individuals to participate. Individuals should be able to be denied participation based on behavior in earlier IOT's. If the GM is unreasonable the IOTers will speak up to that. I also think that here lies a part of the Moderator, to judge whether or not the GM is unreasonable. My preference would be that the Moderator takes this up with the GM via PM to give him the change to defend his decision.
Of course the black listed player can call upon the Moderator when he feels him being blacklisted for that IOT is unreasonable.

During the game; The GM should be able to penalize, warn or kick participants of his IOT if they break the rules of that IOT.
Being kicked from a game would usually involve repeated flamming or trolling. In that case the Moderator should also be notified since it is against forum rules.

While the generic rules of, almost, every IOT forbid spamming a lot of IOT's have periods where the line between active participation and spamming is very thin. The Moderators have as job to keep the spam on CFC to a minimum and can feel that a IOT is becoming a spamthread. According to forum rules the moderator should, in this case, intervene and most of the time will remove posts. I would appreciate it that in such a case, and I believe GM's will to, the Moderator contacts the GM to hear his opinion. The moderator has the final say but like I said, sometimes the line between spam and active participation is thin.

2. Can players be banned and kicked for "inappropriate behavior? What is inappropriate behavior?

That highly depends on the IOT I believe. Obviously flamming, trolling, spamming, personal attacks etc. are "inappropriate behavior". However, if the GM strives for a more serious IOT the constant RPing of fableanimals can be seen as inappropriate behavior.
I think that the definition of inappropriate behavior, when not already defined in the forum rules, should be left to the GM of that particular IOT.

3. to what extent can players be held responsible for their behavior and when do GM restrictions to game actions take precedence over creative play?

I think that differs per GM. One GM might allow a player to go further with his "creative play" than the second. If a different player takes offence from the RP's of an other player he should say so, then it is up to the GM to decide whether he allows it or not.

Furthermore I would suggest not only following an IOT but also reading through a couple of, recently, finished IOT's if you have the time.

I was also planning on addressing the IOT/NES merge situation but I'm out of time so that has to wait

* All words must be interpreted in the most positive sense of the that word

 

[Yui108]

Just read the discussion here, and as a fairly active member of the NES community I wanted to say I'm 100% in favor of a merger. It would do great things for both communities.

 

[JohannaK]

I can't trust you, you are Little Finger!

 

[BSmith1068]

I see no real reason to keep the two communities separate. As a player of both (IOT more so) I don’t really see the benefit of keeping them separate. Combining would increase the audiences to both and as others have said increase the idea sharing and development of new games.

 

[Yui108]

I see no real reason to keep the two communities separate. As a player of both (IOT more so) I don’t really see the benefit of keeping them separate. Combining would increase the audiences to both and as others have said increase the idea sharing and development of new games.

My thoughts exactly

 

[Verarde]

I've never played a NES, but I've always enjoyed seeing the heavy roleplay aspect. I would be in favor of seeing more of that in IOT. This, I wouldn't mind a merger. Especially if posts counted.

 

[Double A]

Regarding spam: On average, about 50% of every post is spam. Not half of all posts. Half of every post. Penalizing people for that would make IOTs even more of a headache to moderate.

Obviously I have just pulled a number out of my butt, but that's the one I chose, so there's probably a reason for that.

I would furthermore like to point out that I am feverish so may only be talking about a few people, and such a group may or may not include myself, especially when you take the day of the week into account.

 

[Eltain]

Hello IOT! I am Eltain, I identify as an NESer, and I enjoy games. I played briefly in one of Sonereal's IOTs and enjoyed my time here. I've voiced my opinion in our own subforum, now I'd like to voice it here:

I think cross-polination is good for us. That is all!

 

[NinjaCow64]

Regarding spam: On average, about 50% of every post is spam. Not half of all posts. Half of every post. Penalizing people for that would make IOTs even more of a headache to moderate.

Obviously I have just pulled a number out of my butt, but that's the one I chose, so there's probably a reason for that.

I would furthermore like to point out that I am feverish so may only be talking about a few people, and such a group may or may not include myself, especially when you take the day of the week into account.

You've got a point there AA. Merging NES and IOT would make the NESes a lot more spam filled. Think about that.

 

[Sonereal]

You've got a point there AA. Merging NES and IOT would make the NESes a lot more spam filled. Think about that.

Maybe certain IOTers would be better off not spamming as much and maybe our esteemed mod will take steps towards cutting down the spam. An "IOT spams too much" argument against a NES/IOT merge can easily be solved by enforcing already standing board rules.

 

[NinjaCow64]

Maybe certain IOTers would be better off not spamming as much and maybe our esteemed mod will take steps towards cutting down the spam. An "IOT spams too much" argument against a NES/IOT merge can easily be solved by enforcing already standing board rules.

But I like spam.