Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 18, 2010 13:40:53 GMT -5
Knives and I are starting a Chapter in Newton Kansas. We have not finalized the paperwork becuase we want input from players on things like our Name, Social structure, realm spacific rules and the like.
We have already secured a battlefield and a second one for night battles and even possibly bonfire parties.
Anyone interested please, just PM me for more info.
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Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 19, 2010 11:59:14 GMT -5
the first practice is the first Saterday in March! 11:00 am
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Post by azgarehta on Feb 19, 2010 13:47:19 GMT -5
Name: THE THUNDERDOME
Backstory: The land of kansas has always been known for its Tornadoes. These destructive forces are the elements of the Thunder God's wrath. In homage to his power and grace, we, the people of Wichita and Newton, Kansas, shall fight for the fury of his thundering wrath. We shall bellow with the might of storms, and we shall strike with the speed of lightening. The blood of our enemies shall fall like rain from the heavens. We are the reverberance of the Thunder God, WELCOME TO THE THUNDER DOME!
Social Structure: The leader(s) is obviously the person that founded the realm i.e. Knives and Flit, and who does all the work. These Leaders are given the titles High Priest and Priestess, and may be handed off at the Priest(esses) discretion to the next person in line. This is a title for life, or until seen fit to give to another person.
These leader(s) is offset by a 'CHAMPION OF THUNDERDOME'. This title is given to the person who has the most martial prowess, and can be challenged once a week by any number of people. This is a rotating position, and its purpose is to motivate the fighters to improve their skill, and to be a secondary voice and vote on the council. As of the time of this writing, there is only the 3 seats on the council. The council shall always have an odd number, and the number of Champions shall always be one.
Realm Specific Rules: It would be nice for people to show their realm allegiance by putting a silver lightening bolt on their garb. Cloud, rain, tornado and weather effects are permitted as well.
In honor of the Thunder God, the first and last battles will always be the "Thunder Battle" where participants must scream, yell, make noise, and just be thunderous until death. (To save voices and lungs, this could just be for a little bit after Lay On, but each must pay their homage.)
Javelins are highly encouraged to have lightening bolts painted somewhere on them, for they are a favored weapon of the Thunder God.
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Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 19, 2010 17:10:51 GMT -5
Like I said before. Knives and I LIKE the concept, but the name leaves a cringe on both our faces.
I like the setup a lot. That is a good idea I think. Particularly the Champion. It gives the rest of the realm a voice on how things should be done, can be changed frequently, and doesn't run into the problem of the Leader being the best martially. While this is fun, sometimes the best fighter does not mean that they can do the paperwork and running and organizing that keeping everything running smoothly requires.
Knives should be on shortly to post his opinion
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Post by knives on Feb 19, 2010 17:14:37 GMT -5
Interesting idea, terrible name, my friend That said, I also enjoy the concept & the idea of the Champion - who should, I think, either be used as a glorified weapon or else prove to have some command competence - but the social structure there is a little, shall I say, lax. Personally, I was thinking of a sort of merit-based caste system, based on martial prowess, command ability, general niceness, and intelligence. Alternate name ideas: Court of LightningKnights of WrathLevin-Sworn (or Sworn of the Levin-Bolt)
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Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 20, 2010 11:21:50 GMT -5
Ok, Knives and I, after a lot of debating, have decided that we like 'The Warriors of Stormrath' it sounds cool, it follows the storyline we are hoping for.
Of course, we want to run things by the rest of everyone first. if the ever respond to my PM's and e-mails.
ok though, As far as the Champion goes, i think it should be challangable once a month, sense practices are only once or twice a week, that would make things a lot harder on Knives and I, not easier, having that person change every week. Also, them ahving a month gives them the opportunity to actually DO something with that power.
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Amun-Ra
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Post by Amun-Ra on Feb 22, 2010 0:42:00 GMT -5
i like the relation to the thundergods, epicsauce. no good on the thunderdome though. (that's the name o the arena where the wichita hockey team played. people from here will make that connection).
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Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 22, 2010 12:11:06 GMT -5
I agree. ^_^ Knives and I were thinking maybe "The Warriors of Stormrath" Rath is celtic, meanign 'fort, hold, stronghold...' What to you think?
Alright, here's what we had been hoping to do in terms of realm structure; all of these ideas are, of course, subject to change, suggestions, votes, et cetera.
Ruling the realm is the Council of Rath, formed of at least two members and the Champion; in all likelihood, its size will increase with the realm. The Council votes on decisions of policy and monetary disposal.
There will be a ranking system of some kind below the Council, possibly roleplaying-only, possibly including some amount of responsibility.
Now, it is true that Meri and I were hoping to institute some small amount of realm dues - say, ten dollars a month (though, obviously, this is negotiable). These dues would pay for the creation of loaner weapons, spare garb, and "noob packages", as well as the running of events, renting campsites, paying for an area with which to do night battles, helping our members get to Ragnarok, and other miscellaneous expenses. Without some kind of money coming in, it'll be hard to provide these kinds of services, especially as the realm grows larger.
The membership fees would be optional. But those who do pay will get free snakcs and drinks provided at no cost at every practice. Members will get free use of loner garb, will not have to pay to come to weapons-making, or garb-making expo's/classes. They will be allowed to compete for actual prizes of Garb, weapons, and armor during a monthly compitition without paying a $5 entrance fee, and a seperate fee for lunch. During this same compitition, the Chapion of the Realm will be cristened at the end of a series of battles, Non-members WILL be able to compete for this title. Our only request to trying for this title is that you PLEASE attend weekly. not coming every now and agian is fine, but if you only come one or twice a month to practice, please, leave the Champions position to someone who comes all the time.
Now, if a player didn't want to pay dues, they would not be forbidden from practicing EVER. they would still be more than welcome; they just wouldn't have access to spare garb, free snacks and drinks at practice and would have to pay the standard fee to get into events, night battles, et cetera; you're only as involved as you want to be. Also, if you wanted a Noob package it would be $20. Members get one free after paying the fee and agreeing (verbally) to keep paying.
everyone has access to loner weapons[/b]
We are not going kick people out for playing the system, but please, do not, playing us like that ensures that everyone else doesn't get the full benifit of their membership fees and that is not fair to them.
Also, any and all money left over from the entrance fees to night battles and the monthly compititions will be saved to make the next ome bigger, better, and all around more badass. NO MONEY FROM THESE EVENTS WILL BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THESE EVENTS.
Anyone wishing to view our financial records will be able to at any time. All money coming in and all money going out will be recorded in there and anyone can view it. This is so that anyone and everyone who has paid anything can find their name, the money paid, and where said money went. Knives and I are not theives and/or swindlers, we honestly just want things to go smoothly, which is also why membership fees are NOT REQUIRED, they just give you some great beni's.
Ideas? Suggestions?
- Knives & Meri
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Amun-Ra
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Post by Amun-Ra on Feb 24, 2010 1:41:40 GMT -5
Dominion is a very large, very well run realm. they throw great events and provide their members with real (coveted) gifts as they advance through the ranks of their system. but i am sure it was not always so. your ideas are great for the big picture, but we'll never make it there, if we get bogged down with problems that have not even come up yet (like what to charge for our first night event, when you have yet to meet any of our fighters). i believe we should handle issues as they come up.
as to funding, taking collections as needed has been a very sucessful policy in lyonesse. we have great events and we don't collect membership dues. personal responsibility is a value which reverberates through MOST dagorhirrum. we all hold old world values of chivalry and duty, so i trust our warriors in taking care of their realm, and in return their realm will care for them.
there is no power associated with leadership in dag. being the leader just means you get to participate in well run events and battles, and people thank you (OCCASIONALLY!). that's it. there is no glory or high and mighty title, just good games. and that's ok with me. are we on the same page?
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Post by Rhurick the Laughing Hero on Feb 24, 2010 3:07:48 GMT -5
I dont think a monthly fee is that good of an idea, the way you would have it set up you are basically punishing people for not being able to give money and something like that is hard to enforce. Our field is near a lot of places to eat so we usually let that be free range and dismiss for lunch at some point, other than that we ask for donations to buy water and like Amon-Ra said, they are pretty generous and our donation jar has plenty of money to supply drinking water for many meets. Your warriors are going to be attempting to make garb, weapons, and cough up money for events on their own already. I wouldn't ask them for a monthly fee to get on site water and snacks.
Just my two cents, feel free to rip me a new one if i misrepresent the common realm practices.
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Post by Eldrin the Black on Feb 24, 2010 8:33:30 GMT -5
I hope you know Rath is pronounced Raw(In gaelic I mean). -well, that's a very close approximation. ;D
But I hope you guys Raep much face in the name of Tempus, my supplications go out to your success.
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Meri
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Post by Meri on Feb 24, 2010 15:42:13 GMT -5
I'm not going to "rip you an new one" for your opinion. I like hearign opinions, and what Knives and I are putting down here is idea's, we have not set anything in stone yet, hell, we have not even set anything at all except where practices are going to be and when the first one is set for becuase we needed something to tell the Sheriffs office. What we are putting down here is - like Amun-ra said he thought it should be - very long term. Where practice is right now is nowhere near any food joint, so there's one reason why we were going to bring snacks. Also, we were in a realm for a while that charged a small monthyl fee and the realm leaders provided snacks and drinks for everyone and we loved it. It's a lot easeir and cheeper to buy in bulk than it is to buy individually, that was just a thought. I am not "trying to convice" anyone, I am just stating why we are thinking what we are. I know that being the leader is a thankless job that is a large amount of responsability, try being a mom! That's about as thankless as it gets. In the dagorhir group we were in in Michigan, they relied on donations for anything and there were two or three people who were willing to do anything. Everything fell apart and the realm was in disorder, and stayed that way from about two months after I joined the realm, until almost two years later when Knives and I moved. the leader there didn't even do his job, (the paperwork and organizing and the thankless Oi! 'Ew! Pink Skin!) and let anarchy rule the field. Neither Knives nor myself liked that at all, and we would very much like to avoid that here. Knives, any input? Anything I forgot?
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Post by knives on Feb 24, 2010 15:53:39 GMT -5
No, I think that's more or less it; unstructured realms tend to fail, so we're trying to avoid that. The Outlanders are a walking disaster, and the Michigan chapter of Milita is actually worse; Eryndor and Dominon, on the other hand, are excellent realms that I've never heard any complaints about.
Well, aside from the general complaint that when you camp with Eryndor, you wake up smeared with Vasaline and with an odd feeling in your nethers, but I'm sure that's just rumor ~_^
- Knives
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Post by Rhia the Incorrigible on Feb 24, 2010 16:11:03 GMT -5
Ok.. this is basically what I said to Meri in the chatbox. I think this is going to be something you can't institute right away. Get your stable base of fighters. Get them hooked and wanting to contribute, then institute your policy. And don't require people to pay to get on the council. In the end, dedication is what should win out over who can throw the most money in. If you got a 17 year old high school student who ended up the champion only because he was the only one paying, and that's cuz mom handed him the money to play, do you really want to deal with that? If you want someone on the council, find a good person and a good fighter. If they ARE good and willing to put the work needed in for the realm, they'll gladly hand over more than $10..
Its like when you go to a restaurant and they put the gratuity in automatically.. who wants to pay more at that point? That server just got screwed because most people will pay 15-20% and they just got handed 12%... Screw that.
And talk to your fighters once you get them. Let them discuss what they think is fair and if they like the policy. For all the talk on here, we aren't the ones to decide.. they would be.
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Post by Meri on Feb 24, 2010 16:12:55 GMT -5
Sounds good to me, thats why I asked Rhia to post it here and not make me save yet another chat box Knives?
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