Faction Creation or Rejection

[collinjd]

Now, that said, this leaves me open to verbal attack and some one reading my words as they are not meant to be read. I will leave this statement to see if that happens...

Actually, I agree with you for the most part. And the reason a factions dies (as sso did) is becuase they are not properly run or organized. See, it is impossible for one person to continuously run a faction, it requires enormous amounts of time, and more importantly, money. So at some point, the leader goes "afk" leaving the faction in someone elses hands, or just leaves all together w/o a whisper.

A good solution to this is to set up your faction as a democracy from the get go. Design a system of government allowing members to vote on their leader or leading bodies. This prevents "afk" as any leader who does disappear, can be easily replaced and selected from within the clan. This is also the solution to bad leadership, another cause of death for most clans.

Look at the UOG, has anyone noticed the explosion of membership lately? I believe if I left UOG today I could come back in 6 months and it would still be running like a fine oiled machine. We have piece by piece re-organized the entire clan by way of it's members.

How does this tie into faction creation? Easy, when creating your faction you should do this from the get go. Not many people would not want to hand their hard earned status onto someone else, but you can always create a special permanent position for yourself, much like the Queen of England. If you do this your faction will thrive as its members will have be a part of it, not just a member. I believe this is one key to faction creation that many don't think of, set up your entire government using current models or your own ideas before you even entertain the idea of creation. After which set a minimum member base so that the faction remains in your hands alone until a minimum number of members is reached. That way you will have full control and your fledgling faction does not dissipate into chaos.

Doing things like this will show the Admins you want to create a meaningful and useful faction. You will have a purpose, and fill a void in the discovery market. There are several approaches, all of which are your choice, but I highly suggest that you have all your apples in the barrel before even considering the idea.

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