Reintroducing the Mafia Council
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:08 am
Hello all,
In light of some interesting recent events, numerous players throughout the mafia community have expressed a desire to see the return of the mafia council. As such, dargorygel and Tom Bombadil have graciously agreed to head the new mafia council, which will begin acting as the primary body of appeal and advisement for GMs in all matters beginning with M47.
The primary responsibilities of this new council will be limited to ensuring that prospective GMs have a suitable setup and plan for their game prior to the need for sign ups and perhaps have some sort of plan for reducing the game if it becomes necessary, connecting all GMs with a willing co-GM that can support them during their game, and tracking the lineup of future GMs so that we all know who is up next and those with upcoming games can start planning at their leisure. Additionally, the mafia council will hold the power to adjudicate over the mafia community at large in issues regarding a player or GM's immediate status (i.e. game bans), a rule in a game that has not begun player confirmations yet, or other issues of urgent importance to the community. They are not tasked with setting strict instructions for game management nor is their approval necessarily required to run a game, though it is expected that all GMs will at least have a brief conversation with the members of the council prior to opening their sign ups to make sure that everything will go according to plan and that the GM is comfortable handling it if some things don't.
Both members of the council are available by PM (and both can be reached simultaneously through messaging on the new forum). As was always the case, any game related issues should always go through the GMs, not the council, and if necessary only a GM should escalate game related issues to the council. If a GM does not wish for the council's advisement, their decision may be final so long as it is justifiable under the rules of their game.
In the event that a concern must be elevated above the council, a site administrator will handle it. That should rarely if ever occur.
Feel free to post here with any comments or concerns, and thank you to Tom and darg for stepping up.
In light of some interesting recent events, numerous players throughout the mafia community have expressed a desire to see the return of the mafia council. As such, dargorygel and Tom Bombadil have graciously agreed to head the new mafia council, which will begin acting as the primary body of appeal and advisement for GMs in all matters beginning with M47.
The primary responsibilities of this new council will be limited to ensuring that prospective GMs have a suitable setup and plan for their game prior to the need for sign ups and perhaps have some sort of plan for reducing the game if it becomes necessary, connecting all GMs with a willing co-GM that can support them during their game, and tracking the lineup of future GMs so that we all know who is up next and those with upcoming games can start planning at their leisure. Additionally, the mafia council will hold the power to adjudicate over the mafia community at large in issues regarding a player or GM's immediate status (i.e. game bans), a rule in a game that has not begun player confirmations yet, or other issues of urgent importance to the community. They are not tasked with setting strict instructions for game management nor is their approval necessarily required to run a game, though it is expected that all GMs will at least have a brief conversation with the members of the council prior to opening their sign ups to make sure that everything will go according to plan and that the GM is comfortable handling it if some things don't.
Both members of the council are available by PM (and both can be reached simultaneously through messaging on the new forum). As was always the case, any game related issues should always go through the GMs, not the council, and if necessary only a GM should escalate game related issues to the council. If a GM does not wish for the council's advisement, their decision may be final so long as it is justifiable under the rules of their game.
In the event that a concern must be elevated above the council, a site administrator will handle it. That should rarely if ever occur.
Feel free to post here with any comments or concerns, and thank you to Tom and darg for stepping up.