Shendemiar
Morkin Admin
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Post by Shendemiar on Jul 12, 2007 22:47:50 GMT
I want to discuss this splitdown setup. Names, who goes where, what are the roles of the new alliances and what are the responsibilities.
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AeroS
Luxor Admin
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Post by AeroS on Jul 12, 2007 23:09:17 GMT
How about we start with KoM. Why are we employing a bunch of MX/Phoenix/E|S boys? Is some one going to take over admin-ing this alliance? Some one from our own ranks who has access to this board. If this alliance is going to be affiliated with us can some one tell me who are Mobin0 and Moderator (I know most of the rest)? <--- I would really like to know who they were before they changed their names. When Morkin started FoM, you gave us Skulks as a high admin. Why hasn't that been done or is it still in the works? sellswords are a risky venture. They are fine for filling in the gaps on the walls in peace times but will they break in the middle of the fight? Will prestigious players like claus or englishcheese(just examples) be willing to join an alliance that is populated by members who have fled from fights? I might be a little too harsh on this last point because I don't know if any of these players left thier alliances in the heat of battle or if they waited until the war was finished. EDIT: spelled prestigious wrong... even after looking it up in the dictionary.
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digital
Luxor Admin
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Post by digital on Jul 12, 2007 23:10:56 GMT
I'm happy to move back to FoM when the big push occurs, I'd also be more than willing to have a crack at admining KoM as at the moment I'm with AeroS and his stance on sellswords.
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Sol
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Post by Sol on Jul 12, 2007 23:15:13 GMT
If this alliance is going to be affiliated with us can some one tell me who are Mobin0 and Moderator (I know most of the rest)? <--- I would really like to know who they were before they changed their names. Maybe we can send them the New Applicants Questionnaire before accepting people in? It only seems fair since the rest of us had to go through it as well.
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Post by domhnall on Jul 12, 2007 23:26:11 GMT
Seems to me the options are geographical or functional.
I think-
Morkin: Main alliance. Expanded to include the worthy FoMer's of the war. Corleth: For the aggresive and dastardly Brith: Sister alliance for the peaceful, barely active, and the yet unproven. May act as a feeder too.
Perhaps the function of Brith could be split over two new alliances, depending on numbers.
I would retire the name FoM- mostly because it breaks the motif though I always thought that "Friends of Morkin" made it sound a bit like a sidekick alliance rather than an alliance of equals (which is what they are).
That could be just me.
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AeroS
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Post by AeroS on Jul 12, 2007 23:36:17 GMT
When I first started, I liked having the name FoM. It showed everyone that we were apart of Morkin and not to be fooled with. It also gave Morkin more reason to help us along since we carried thier name. I didn't know Morkin back then and felt that having Morkin in our name assured us that Morkin would not abandon us somewhere down the line. I know now that this wouldn't happen but back then it was reassuring.
I thought that we were going to split back up into the old morkin and corleth and then split FoM into 2 alliances. The smaller of which would accept new applicants. The larger would cherry pick a couple members later down the road from the smaller alliance to fill out its ranks. KoM to be the smaller with a few FoM'ers thrown in to be sure things went well.
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Post by domhnall on Jul 12, 2007 23:43:01 GMT
We shouldn't let ex-MX, E|S etc. as a bloc. Give them all questionaires and send them where they are suited as individuals.
Create another layer to the forums maybe- Original Morkin only, current FoM only, and the main section open to all. Untrustworthy members could be weeded out over time.
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Cesium
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Post by Cesium on Jul 12, 2007 23:50:42 GMT
But there would need to be a willingness to weed out those members. Prior to this war, if my memory serves me well, there was a some trouble with members who didn't meet a certain caliber. There should be the willingness to actually chuck the inactive and untrustworthy people.
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Post by domhnall on Jul 12, 2007 23:54:07 GMT
When I first started, I liked having the name FoM. It showed everyone that we were apart of Morkin and not to be fooled with. It also gave Morkin more reason to help us along since we carried thier name. I didn't know Morkin back then and felt that having Morkin in our name assured us that Morkin would not abandon us somewhere down the line. I know now that this wouldn't happen but back then it was reassuring. I thought that we were going to split back up into the old morkin and corleth and then split FoM into 2 alliances. The smaller of which would accept new applicants. The larger would cherry pick a couple members later down the road from the smaller alliance to fill out its ranks. KoM to be the smaller with a few FoM'ers thrown in to be sure things went well. I did notice every FoMer was proud to be FoM. It is just a name, and if FoM inspires respect it is because of it players- not because of it's association with Morkin itself. Corleth and Morkin are names from the mythos of Midnight and it just seems wrong to me that FoM did continue the trend. It's like having alliances named Bilbo, Frodo, and Friends of Frodo. Why not call it Sam? Clearly, this thought was only in my head so, forget I said anything. Carry on chaps.
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AeroS
Luxor Admin
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Post by AeroS on Jul 13, 2007 0:17:35 GMT
Corleth and Morkin are names from the mythos of Midnight and it just seems wrong to me that FoM did continue the trend. It's like having alliances named Bilbo, Frodo, and Friends of Frodo. Why not call it Sam? Clearly, this thought was only in my head so, forget I said anything. Carry on chaps. I agree about a name change for FoM now. I was only commenting on the names significance for me in the early game. I also like your idea of continue with the Midnight theme. It only makes sense, although I would not want to be the Sam alliance.
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Sol
Luxor Member
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Post by Sol on Jul 13, 2007 0:21:22 GMT
Corleth and Morkin are names from the mythos of Midnight and it just seems wrong to me that FoM did continue the trend. It's like having alliances named Bilbo, Frodo, and Friends of Frodo. Why not call it Sam? Ha, that made me smile. Anyway, I agree with domhnall. If people don't want to lose the FoM name maybe they can just put something about it in the Alliance Page like "Previously known as FoM" or something. I don't think it really matters. To be honest, we might be wasting too much attention on the name. Lets just have the admin pick one because I'm more interested in knowing the roles of each alliance and who is going where. But, that's just me. As for the other members going into the new alliance, I still say that they should be given the questions that everyone else had to answer. Then, we can determine if they are worthy enough to be with us. It might be dangerous to let ex-enemies in since we never really eliminated their alliances, we just gave them peace. This is a game of war, and I'm sure people would love revenge.
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Freiegeister
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Post by Freiegeister on Jul 13, 2007 0:31:33 GMT
When I first started, I liked having the name FoM. It showed everyone that we were apart of Morkin and not to be fooled with. It also gave Morkin more reason to help us along since we carried thier name. I didn't know Morkin back then and felt that having Morkin in our name assured us that Morkin would not abandon us somewhere down the line. I know now that this wouldn't happen but back then it was reassuring. I thought that we were going to split back up into the old morkin and corleth and then split FoM into 2 alliances. The smaller of which would accept new applicants. The larger would cherry pick a couple members later down the road from the smaller alliance to fill out its ranks. KoM to be the smaller with a few FoM'ers thrown in to be sure things went well. I did notice every FoMer was proud to be FoM. It is just a name, and if FoM inspires respect it is because of it players- not because of it's association with Morkin itself. Corleth and Morkin are names from the mythos of Midnight and it just seems wrong to me that FoM did continue the trend. It's like having alliances named Bilbo, Frodo, and Friends of Frodo. Why not call it Sam? Clearly, this thought was only in my head so, forget I said anything. Carry on chaps. It would be appropriate, though it's probably up to the members of FoM to decide on a name they like. Arin Lord Blood was the friend of Morkin's son Corleth and son of THE Lord Blood! Araleth Lord of Dreams father of Tarithel Rorthron and of course Luxorcould be names to consider.
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SkulkrinBait
Morkin Admin
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Post by SkulkrinBait on Jul 13, 2007 6:31:21 GMT
I think that FoM has proven itself to be a valiant band of players in the recent war and so has earned itself a new name.
The name I would like is Luxor, but it's only a name so I'm not overly fussed.
Poll anyone?
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Harlequin
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Post by Harlequin on Jul 13, 2007 7:07:45 GMT
I think that FoM has proven itself to be a valiant band of players in the recent war and so has earned itself a new name. The name I would like is Luxor, but it's only a name so I'm not overly fussed. Poll anyone? I think in a previous thread the name Luxor was popular amongst FOMers. I've made the move to Morkin2 already mainly because I'm done with this war due to lack of RL time and also the fact that the campaign is winding up anyway.
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Arminius
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Post by Arminius on Jul 13, 2007 7:19:22 GMT
As I just said on the other in-game forum, KoM is a way to gather decent players, not those who fled a fight. They're not mercenaries, but partly noobs (whom Fingal wants to help along, but needs protection--RobK had stolen an isle off him as he thought he was weak) and partly players whom we might want in the new FoM eventually, but didn't accept during the war due to closed recruitment.
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