A pay raise might help boost officer participation, as might additions to official powers. However, I agree with ATMunn that offices are a deep-seated part of Agoran tradition and culture. Removing them would be unlikely to boost game activity significantly, and might harm accountability, playability, or fun (not having paradoxical game states would be sad). We discussed this a while back and agreed that certain official duties could be privatized without causing problems, but it never went anywhere (if someone wants to go find it, it was called the gig economy).
-Aris On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:03 PM ATMunn <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly, offices are a part of what Agora is and sort of always has > been. Removing them would really make Agora a different game. > > On 5/22/2018 3:46 PM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I don't like offices lol. Agora has a massive amount of officework in > > comparison to the other three nomics (mostly because the gamestate has to > > be constantly posted, I believe). Although I guess its inevitable given > the > > mail format. > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:36 PM, C. V. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> The terrible pay isn't really an incentive. But OK, I'll do it... > (Maybe I > >> should make a temple so that I can break the rules more often, isn't > that > >> what temples are essentialy for?) > >> > >> ~Corona > >> > >> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On behalf of ATMunn (via contract) I point the finger at the > >>> following players for missing a weekly report last week. (for > >>> weeklies, only pointing if missing 2+ weeks, others can impose > >>> a higher standard if they wish). > >>> > >>> Corona, for Treasuror (last on May 5). > >>> Trigon, for Cartographer (last on May 4). > >>> Corona, for Herald (last on Apr 22!!) > >>> Kenyon, for Rulekeepor (last Apr 7!!!) > >>> > >>> For the last two, I'll wait ~48 hours before resolving - if > >>> a report is produced in the mean time, these will be forgivable, > >>> if not, unforgivable. Given the amount of time they may be > >>> 2-3 blot rather than 1 blot. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >
