posted May 20, 1999 04:15                

Some of you support or do not support suggestions pretty strongly. That was not the idea. The final list can't be affected of what the threadmaster or in what a couple of people in the thread thinks thinks, but only on which suggestions has arrived. Firaxis is intelligent enough to sort out the lists on their own. A longer list is better in this case. If you do want to have your point of view there, or point out which ideas have good support, do so. But don't exclude by personal taste.

This is especially important since I haven't seen a radical ideas list pop up in here. The most important list is missing in my view.

posted May 20, 1999 04:20                

Also, Freddz, I invited the 'radical' thread over here, but no response (and you don't want to be a Thread Master), so can you maybe recruit somebody and have him contact me? Thanks.

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posted May 20, 1999 04:51                

I have reposted the Thread Master's Creed. I think that should help us focus again. Thanks for the reminder.

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posted May 20, 1999 06:59                

Thanks... I don't know if this has been decided but,

We need an idea(just a general idea)in what timespan the game should be. I don't see too many sci-fi suggestions sofar, and I would guess that lots more would be here if we knew the game would extend to say - about 3000 A.D. Perhaps we need a brainstorming Sci-fi thread too as that can pretty much get out of hand.

I would suggest a discussion thread, a vote by Mark and Dan, or possibly if you could squeeze out a clue from Brian

posted May 20, 1999 10:38                

I'm not sure this is true, as long as a thread master can keep his or her personal feelings separate from the actual compilation of the list (and hopefully make that clear to the discussion participants). For example, I disagree with Bell's suggestion about "prerequisite points" in the Technology thread, but I fully intend to keep it in the summaries and final list, unless there is overwhelming feeling against it by other posters. I think it's perfectly valid for me to take part in the discussion, though.

From what I have read of the different threads so far, it seems as if all of the Thread Masters have a different "style" to the way they are doing what they are doing. I don't think anyone should be afraid of giving specific criticism (as long as it is constructive) or naming names if they feel a specific Thread Master is doing something "wrong", as long as it is in the interest of improving the process. Since we are all doing things differently, I'm sure that some people will prefer one method over another. I think all Thread Masters would agree with me when I say that if I am doing something wrong or I could do something better, I want to find out about it ASAP.

If anyone has a specific suggestions or criticism and wants to be more anonymous about it, I'm sure that yin will be willing to post/e-mail it for you without revealing your name.

posted May 20, 1999 10:54                

you're doing a great job. Yes, surprise, I agree with your points too.

But the deal is constructive critisism, and that is especially important for a threadmaster or you are going to scare people away from posting their ideas. Some wild ideas can bring out something more balanced great other idea. So keep all ideas in and keep critisism careful as a threadmaster. I posted this because I saw a strong tendency in a few of the threads and my immediate reaction to that was that the threadmasters were not going to include the ideas. If I thought that, others surely will and won't post ideas at all because of the risk of looking stupid. And that is a sure and known idea-killer in a BRAINSTORMING PHASE

I see no reason to mention any names, I'm just to serve as a reminder of the original purpose.