[Discuss] Titan Reform Proposal

[Timothy Collett]

As many of you know, I and several others have been critical of the  
Titans in the past, for various reasons.  Personally, I have never  
had anything but entirely satisfactory interactions with the Titans  
(I've reported about 3 minor issues, all of which were accepted, and  
I never heard anything else about it).

However, from what I have heard, and from what I have observed, there  
are problems with the system.  Thus, in collaboration with a few  
others, I have written up a list of these problems--at least, the  
ones that we have seen--and placed them on the Wiki, at http:// 
wiki.battlemaster.org/index.php/Titan_Reform

I will not repeat it in its entirety here, but present a summary:

In general, the Titan system seems to do what it was designed to do,  
and certainly far better than the systems it replaced.  However, it  
is important not to forget that, as they were tweaked, and ultimately  
dropped in favour of something better, so, too can the current system  
be adjusted and updated without invalidating its worth and  
usefulness.  Thus, we have put together a list of issues, in areas  
from structure, to communication, to jurisdiction.

Here are the issues that we see, briefly:
- No defense is allowed for the accused
- No clarification is allowed for the accuser
- Only single players may be targeted
- The Titans are often perceived as unresponsive to attempts to  
communicate directly
- Their areas of responsibility are not clearly defined, and often  
apparently contradictory
- In particular, they almost always avoid any issue that could be  
seen as an RP matter
- Since there is no public record of Titan cases, what the playerbase  
of the game at large sees most is the problems with the Titans,  
leading to less respect and trust than they probably deserve

As the proposal is on the Wiki, we intend and expect people to add  
their own issues to it, but as this is *NOT* intended to be a forum  
for complaining about the Titans, but rather a polite proposal for  
change, we will be monitoring the page and removing anything that is  
trivial or flamebait.

I believe that the Titan system is, at its core, a good one: however,  
I think that, like anything in this world, it is not perfect, and we  
seek to make it better, so that the Titans can more effectively make  
this a better, more fun game for everyone.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family
--

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can  
change the world.  Indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
  - Margaret Mead


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