Recent content by TartarusMkII

Just wanted to say, I read the responses, and I thank y'all for taking the time to do so.

Okay; I don't really have much to say on that, you're right, and I don't really mean to say that such things don't happen. I'm encouraging the idea that we can always go back to review past decisions and re-tool them if necessary, for the better. I just don't believe that the Council is doing...

Just because you say the tags don't have some effect doesn't mean they don't have an effect. And to the second point, again, just because you say it's true and that's how it's supposed to work doesn't make that the only way it actually works. And thanks Luke, that's a good way to put it, I'm...

There's a concept about polling, you see, that simply goes like this: potential voters who don't /care/, are disillusioned, or have given up, and want to spend their time elsewhere, won't bother participating in the poll. The majority of voices you'll hear feedback from are either happy, and...

You keep reiterating the same points about how it is supposed to work and how honest you truly are, because you (understandably, but unfortunately) do not read my responses. I'll stop pushing, I understand that your way is going to be the right way. But one last time: This is not about how you...

I updated the above post with a bigger addition, please check it out if you haven't already. Comr4de, I totally understand what you mean about how the council makes use of the tags, but what my point is that you guys can't forget that these tags are seen externally as well as internally. What...

Damn, this got derailed hard core. I've met a lot of councilors, I like them all, they've been kind to me, and encouraging. My sentiments are certainly not that the current council needs to get replaced because they are ineffective or something. Also, I think that my point on the tags might be...

Oh okay, I feel you. Yea, I feel like there should be a reason to make a 'pure' weapon system. I could see them being slightly less effective though, I guess.

MA, I was saying earlier that my stance on this is not a 'right vs wrong' argument. It's how the system is perceived by the players of SM and the community members who frequent the SMD. Right or wrong, the perception still stands, and you might be basing your generalization on the most vocal of...

I don't think that the community representatives should depend on a mechanical feature of the game, and "the dealer is on break" doesn't sound very legit to me. There's nothing knee-jerk about this.

Man, I feel like the last thing we need from a council that refuses to be re-constructed is to put them on a pedestal along with the developers of the game. Let's please not do this.

Yes, you're right; the last I will say on this issue is that showing players exactly which threads have been looked at (in any way) lets us know just how scarcely our ideas are being seen and noted.

I don't feel like it's professional for councilors to be able to give one person with the idea kudos, and not everyone who would have committed the error of double posting- because even that thread that was given the badge could have been a repeated idea. I don't see it as wise to be able to...

It's interesting that you say that actually Criss, I was just thinking of an alternative that fits even better with that thought that you have, there. I've already made it clear that I think giving any one person's thread the 'badge' is wrong. In fact, the way you say it makes it seem more to...

Right, like.. Their existence on paper is 'balanced', sure. But in practice, they just cause all sorts of problems that derail what the gameplay experience is supposed to be.