Quote: 3.) Personal sub-stories are to be limited to Solo Threads. The Vanguard is a group story. A group idea. As such, delving into the personal history and solo sub-story of a character in the middle of a group tale is detrimental to the flow, pacing, and creativity of the writers you are working with. Create a solo thread. Create a million solo threads. Whatever. The main idea, here, is to clean up the amount of extraneous fluff added into a group story, that serves to enhance, focus, or force attention on the personal issues of a single character, or writer.
4.) Vanguard is about Vanguard. Yes, the EPS are interesting characters. Yes, The Order, the Asylum, the Hoods/Capes, Psi-Unit, and The Pantheon are ALL interesting characters. And, yes, they should be delved into and explored.......in solo threads. The use of them within the main story is not in question IF they have something to do with the main overall plotline of the story itself (as seen in #14). Whatever devious task Walker is scheming over, or, what the Scion's favorite color happens to be should, in all respects, be covered in solo threads. Even if it means ongoing solo threads. Whatever. The main purpose of this main story is to be about Vanguard. They are the spotlight. They are the stars.
These were presented with the intention of trying to have us work together and not just go off and do our own things in the middle of main stories. An attempt to put the team mentality in the fore front, if you will. So far I only see Priest being involved with a plotline that Gooz established well over a year ago using our support staff. This is no different than last year when Sammitch went off on his own personal story in the middle of an issue claiming that it was going to involve the whole team. Looking back on it, I still see no way that it had any effect on the rest of the team. This was an issue that was discussed when the rules were proposed, and this interpretation of these rules was stated and was not rebuted and was accepted. Goox has made a good story, but it is a story in and of itself that should be on its own and not smashed in the middle of another story.
Talking to Gooz last night on IM, something was said that I think needs to be clarified. I went back and checked the thread where we proposed and discussed the rules. The question of us presenting this as an ultimatum was brought up then just as Gooz did last night. Pro, Grimm, and I addressed this and said that the rules weren't an ultimatum nor was our assertion that we were breaking off from the main group if they weren't adopted. If anyone still sees it as that and only agreed to the rules to keep us from leaving, please let me know. We asked you then and wanted to make sure that you agreed to these rules because you agreed with them and for no other reason.
If this is how we're going to use these guidelines, I think the experiment is a failure. They seemed to be tossed aside and forgotten not long after they were supposed to be enacted. As was stated earlier, I feel that these rules create an environment that I'd work better in in the future. I was going to wait until the end of this story, but I no longer have the patience. I don't even have the energy to write Adem out. He's just gone. I'll stay on this board, but I'll work outside the main stories from now on. Once again, this isn't an ultimatum but an unavoidable fact.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
