[Discuss] 2 family members in government positions

[Lyman Stone]

> I am not liking that discourse on how people who gain council  
> positions are "better players" than those who have not played in  
> one, and thus deserve those "rewards" better than those who don't  
> have them, because they have "earned" them.
>
> That's not what I want to hear from a  player of a lightweight game.
>

Its got nothing to with with "lightweight" or not. I could play for,  
say, 30 minutes a day(thats fairly lightweight) and, in that time,  
write, each day, one spanking good adress to the realm, or input ina  
discussion, or what have you. COmbine that with, say, trading at a  
normal easy pace, or doing loyal beuro work, or even just  
consistently fielding good-sized(not huge, mind you) units. WIthin a  
few months, in a normal or big realm, quite likely, you could secure  
a lordship. From there, you have a platform, and a history. Keep on  
participating one time a day, just one or two comments a day is enough 
(thats what I did with Hireshmont early on). By the one year-mark, I  
bet you could, if not already be holding a council position, at least  
starting to have a chance at one.

Expecting a council position before 1 year is unrealistic, and I see  
no reason why that should change. A year is time to, not just  
understand the game mechanics, but be forming relationships,  
developing friends, getting a solidly RPed character.

Also, some players RP their characters as being inept. If I RP my  
character as being insane, I do not expect to be given a lordship or  
elected, no matter how long I've been in realm, or how loyally I've  
served the realm. Hopefully, though, my game-actions would reflect  
that character's mental instability, and so even in straight  
mechanics terms, I would not merit a lordship.

I did not say better players, btw. I said better families, in terms  
of feudal hierarchy and, lo and behold, the fame stat. A famous  
family is a good thing, unless you're trying to go unnoticed.

And the "rewards" go to whomever earns them, regardless of their  
standing. But if a character has gained 597 council positions in the  
past, clearly that character is a competent character, well deserving  
of lordship/council position!