Re: [spoon-discuss] A Rant.

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I still say web-based proposal entry/edit forms.  That'll take out a
> > good chunk of the recognition stuff, and even help get the ballot out on
> > time.  If lynx is really that big an issue, what about being able to
> > upload a text file via a webpage as an option.
>
> The bigger problem with Web-based proposals is that not everyone knows
> HTML. lynx isn't really a problem; it's actually quite nice for some of
> these things. (I do much of my work with lynx -- a couple keystrokes and
> I'm in my editor of choice, which has some handy HTML-izing macros.)
>
> > As a last resort, you do know that all you really have to do if you need
> > time at the end of an nweek is say, "Guys, I need more time" and not do
> > anything for up to six days.  The clock is off, and there's no grounds
> > for an SOE, and even if you did take more than six days, an SOE requires
> > a majority recognition, and I can't see a majority of us stiffing you on
> > downtime.
>
> Yeah, but that's not the POINT.
>
> Ideally, this game is bigger than me. It simply isn't fair for me to make
> everyone else (and we're averaging 8-10 "active" players, and two or three
> hyperactive ones, at any given time) twiddle their proverbial or literal
> thumbs for up to a week at a time just because I'm having a lousy day.
>
> ...dave

-Well, we don't do a lot of proposing when you take a break, but we hardly 
sit and do nothing. I mean, I personally have a life outside this game. A 
break means I do a little more with it instead. What if breaks were 
regulated? Say, every two or three nweeks, you get a few days, alter either 
of those values as you see fit?-

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