At 12:21 AM 6/30/00 +0000, you wrote:
> > Here is an example of how the council can be set up:
> >
> > 1) The players get to choose who will represent them. Each class gets
> > ten representatives. The class fansite web boards will be used to vote on
> > the representatives. For example, bards have The Concert Hall, rogues
> > have The Safehouse, etc. The administrators for those sites would be
> > responsible for setting up a poll for each class to determine who they
> > want to represent them. I think that it would be fairly easy for the
> > community of each class to come to a consensus on who they want. My
> > primary character is a bard so I'm most familiar with that community.
> > There are several well known bards who post on the Concert Hall board and
> > the eqbards mailing list. These bards would be prime candidates as
> > official representatives for the class. I think it is also safe to assume
> > that other classes have equivalent players.
those message boards are a fairly small cross section relative to the number of
players in eq. true there are a bunch of people who just lurk and never post, but
i'd say there are really only 20-30 regular posters on the backstage board. this
is not counting the random people who come in and post a question, but don't
respond or participate a lot in other threads/discussions. also, there is a tendency
on most class boards to be fairly to very anti verant, anti change, etc., which really
does not represent the majority of the players.
> >
> > 2) Type of forum. This could be set up as a moderated mailing list or a
> > secure message board on the Everquest website. Either way, the only
> > people with access to the site are the player representatives and Verant
> > employees. There would have to be a rule established that all discussion
> > between Verant and the representatives is considered confidential and not
> > for public release unless Verant grants permission. Any player who
> > violates this rule is removed from the council and a replacement selected.
you mean until they get upset about something. after verant got burned with the
test server situation, i'm not sure they'll trust players with sensitive information, even
when covered by an NDA again. most of the spoilers being posted from the test
server were posted or originated by people who were under an NDA with verant.
> >
> > This just covers the basic framework. The details can get fleshed out
> > later if Verant thinks its a good idea.
> >
> > As you are well aware of, a lot of players are frustrated with Verant for
> > a perceived lack of customer service. In my opinion, Verant can improve
> > their relationship with their player base by instituting an official
> > player's council. This would go a long way in helping to prove that
> > Verant cares for the players. Its a win-win situation for both sides that
> > can be easily implemented.
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to consider this proposal.
> >
> > Tom Reece
> > aka Galtin Randayn
> > 39 bard
> > E'ci server
> >
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