a random thought

[lobo]

So I've had a thought , sorry if i mention the SCA so much but thats all i really have for reference on the structure of group type thing , the world is broken down into kingdoms , baronies , cantons and shires and households well thats basically how it worked back then. but in ATC will be based off of current thoughts on how government works and after the the end as we know it there will be a multitude of Tribes ,Gangs, those people who cling to civilization so people like presidents and mayors and civilians ,techies , traders , slavers, militants, raiders all sorts of things .

Now my question is would we say make a base like in the sca , kings queens and every thing else where everyone has there specific duties and obligations to maintain there groups .

but allow the different groups to choose what there king is called for instance , warchief, president, The Don or what ever they think of .

it would also add to the game , where say our group would actually have to lean the ways of other groups and whos who and what not .

I dont know if any of that made sense im tired . if it does not make sense tell me and ill try to explain better . ha ha ha im not so good at explaining my self .

[Starr]

Nothing is set in concrete (heh) here either the below ideas need to be discussed in-depth, these are just some of the ideas that has gone before we setup this forums. We have been chatting about this on some level for awhile now.


I understand what you are saying. The SCA has a system that works well (tho it has some flaws which we will try to remove.) that is why we will use it as a foundation of thought then build off of it.

We will move away from the medieval* mind set and look more to a current line of names (titles or whatever we call them.) like Boss, CEO, Chief, Elder, Deacon because it is used today that is what would be most likely used. The concept of language progression will brake down simply due it will not put food in our bellies once civ (civilization) collapses. Instead of making more complex words we will develop our own set of language terms over time as it would happen. Words will shorten, terms for things that make language quicker ** to convey a thought about something that is done over & over day to day.

The thought of how to set up a class based system, for making things work smoothly once things really get rolling.

We have the system for a foundation, we just need it modify it to work for us. One of the biggest changes is, we need to make the system work for everyone not just some select few that have reached a rank. There should be ranks*** of a kind which could be made as goals, but those ranks should not be setup above everyone not of a rank when a idea or opinion needs to be discussed to reach an desition which would matter on the over all scope of the ATC.

The idea of a Boss (to use the term here only) like position could be put into place, That position would be obtained from working within all of the ranks not just one. (like Hardsuit in the SCA) One should be the best of all the ranking systems. This would mean that the person who won the position would be truly the person for the job and give everyone in every rank system the sense that they were counted and not left out by just a few select elitist within the whole system.

As for the World Map we would brake up the world with names into something like sectors, zones, districts, regions, upper / lower. once we have a member base that is going to be needing a set of guidelines to go by for knowing where they are in the scheme of the world.



* not to say we can not use ideas or technics that were used in the medieval.

** Wagon into Wag - Stupid to Stup. (To steal a couple words from the Novels by James Axler -Deathlands.)

*** Ranks just examples here only - Leaders, Craftsmen, Soldiers, and so on... Names for such ranks should be discussed.

[Phillip]

I like the idea of letting each group makeup their own titles but I do think it would come down to having a basic set of reachable titles that everyone can go for that shows they have done a good job and worked their way through the ranks to get to that title.

I know I am voting for both sides of this topic but I agree with a statement Starr said in another thread of not having limits.

It seems like this topic will need to be talked about for awhile to clear up any confusion and to make the system work correctly in the long run.

the idea of the mapping the areas people live in how about simply villages, towns, cities?