GRN feedback thread

[Dab]

I'd like to add a few things to what Jeremy said;

Yes, leadership has been having problems. In fact, since Mike left GRN has always had leadership problems. I was the 2nd longest leader after him, but it's been tumultuous. Exile gave it to a committee-type HC leadership, who decided that didn't work and choice a leader (sorry, I can't remember who), who was succeeded by I believe Monte next, who then abdicated to someone followed by Alley, who then ended up detained for real life issues for a few months resulting in my leading as 2IC followed by her return followed by her resignation followed by my resignation and handing of the faction to Jeremy.

So yes, it's been a rough ride for GRN, but we've always come out with our head above the water. There will be storms, but they pass, this one is in the midst of sailing out of it.

As for my involvement, I don't know why people keep asking this. I did not say I was leaving Gallia for good, nor that I was quitting the GRN. This is a rumor that has spread for god knows what reason considering there is a thread in the GRN section that clearly states I abdicated to Jeremy but have stayed on as 2IC for a temporary period of time. This is probably going to last another few weeks, after which I will abdicate the 2IC position to whomever Jeremy feels best fills that role (I'd recommend Andre). After that I'll be purely in an advisory role and possibly have diplomatic duties, but nothing beyond that. Now everyone knows the exact nature of my present and future involvement in the GRN, and we can stop speculating.


On communication, Jeremy will handle most of it, I might pop up here and there. I have spoken to Abuzar concerning transmissions before, I'll have a talk with him again. Unless otherwise stated by the two of us, assume any transmission made by anyone other than Jeremy, myself, or the King account is NOT an official statement by the GRN.


Activity is a temporary issue, and always has been. We went 3 months just below the LN before our guys got bored of fighting the BAF over and over and over. There is very little in terms of traffic in the Gallic core worlds, not to mention the absolute size and shape of Gallia makes player-to-player interaction very difficult there. That's why every non-trading faction in Gallia has, or has had, activity problems. This holds true now. GRN had been able to keep up 6 days of activity for quite awhile, but final season for students hit a few weeks back and our activity has plummeted by 4 of those days. It will rise again after finals is over and Jeremy fully takes the reigns. GRP is also having problems with their activity, for the reasons stated above. Fortunately, the dev team has looked at that problem and a hopeful solution is being implemented to fix it. Gallia has similar problems as to Kusari, and it can be partially remedied the same way. See activity issues, come over to our space and liven things up a bit just by being there. Activity is bred from activity, and the more people who come to Gallia, the more you'll see the GRN and GRP.


I don't know why you think GRN will is law, since it hasn't been since Exile abdicated and the other official factions were formed. I especially always went to great lengths to talk to other faction leaders in Gallia, and get opinions, and we have always had Gallic leadership chats to talk about large changes. Most of the time I only see the GRN and GRP participating. Saying we don't have any cooperation with the other factions is ignoring the history GRN has had of involvement with the rest of Gallia. Pointing your attention of the GRN appointing GMS to handle the drafting of treaties with the IMG, the IDF involvement in Kusari affairs, etc.

There is and always will be a cardinal rule to cooperation; It requires efforts by both sides. If you never talk to us about your concerns or wishes, we can't know that it needs discussed.




As to the claims that I've "slashed GRP attempts to adapt Gallia" those are false. I disagreed with Duncan on a few issues. If you'll remember the incident you're trying to refer to, it took Loken and I a couple minutes to come to agreement on the steps needed to be taken once he arrived. GRP got what it wanted without causing problems that the GRN would have to suffer consequences for (most importantly the diplomatic ramifications with Kusari in the actions GRP wanted to perform). You'll also remember that the community overwhelmingly agreed on the point that the GRP stepped past their right on that issue as well.

I know there are some people that say I'm a powermonger and do whatever the hell I want however the hell I want, and I do pay attention to the people who come to me with those opinions and I speak to them, usually at length, concerning their objections and concerns. However, the people who refuse to speak with me and instead go around making these claims I don't put much thought to, especially when my entire history as a faction leader has example after example that I operate in the exact opposite manner. Gallia has a lot of internal drama going on, and that's why I lost interest in it. Because there are so many people out for themselves and not out for Gallia.

From my experience, it's a completely self-destroying climate, very similar to the one Kusari found itself in awhile back. If you have reservations about my intentions or my methods, go ahead and talk to ANY of the Bretonian faction leaders or former faction leaders about how I operated when I was 2IC and leader of the BAF for the last 3 years. I have done my best to always put the well-being of the house and faction I find myself in/leading, above anything else, and I've always held strongly to the belief that a faction and house leader has an obligation to talk to any person who has objection or concerns about how they behave or operate, and I've never once turned a person away when they come to talk with me about it.

Gallia is no different, nor is the GRN, and that's why I'm still in the faction. I know first hand how problematic it is when a leader up and vanishes from a faction leaving everything in the 2IC's lap. It's happened to me three times, and it isn't fun. When I announced to my HC that I was stepping down as GRN leader, I gave them the choice of my becoming an advisor, or any other role they wanted me to perform. They requested I stay on as the 2nd in Command. The GRP and other players had problems with me still being around, saying I was refusing to "let go of power", when they never stopped to even ask the GRN HC whether they wanted me in that position or not.

In short, if you want cooperation, you yourself have to be cooperative. Intentionally trying to exclude an entire faction from the decision making process, as was attempted by some of the Gallic players against GRN, gets you nowhere, especially not any closer to a cooperative environment. Nor does trying to exclude certain people because of personal dislike for them. Furthermore, trying to tell GRN to screw off when the GRP unilaterally makes a decision to restrict all factions other than IDF from transporting Cryocubes doesn't help either. Yes, I stepped in and said no, GRN would not back such a move. Why? Not because GRP made the decision, but because it screwed over the EFL, Solar, GMS, and seriously threatened the diplomatic standings between Gallia and Kusari. Furthermore, and most importantly, that decision that GRP made had also very nearly resulted in the dev team adding Cryocube sale locations to other areas of Sirius, removing it as an exclusive Gallic good. It was the tweaking of that decision, the tweak that Loken and I easily and cooperatively discussed and agreed upon in the span of a few minutes after hours of arguing between others, that prevented that calamity from occurring.

Now, Loken and I aren't chums, we aren't friends. But we also don't hate each other or spend all our efforts on politicizing every argument. Good god, be like <strike>Han</strike>Loken.


/endrant

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