DarK,
I don't assume that a single person needs to be in-charge, and I don't assume that people need to be paid. That's the beauty of the way we are doing it. I think the way we are doing it is perfect for our community.
I do think that if the setup is very complex, and a lot of system and network management is needed - then I think it would work out better if people were paid. The goal would be (my opinion) to have the best trade-off between complexity and ease of management. This is always important, but extra important for volunteer work. There are only so many hours in the day. Most of us have to work for a living, and there's not that much time for doing something else, after you factor in work and family.
I do think that if it is going to be one shard, with a tight interconnection (one Nexus) - then one group, even one person, has to have the authority to make decisions. In the old days, that would have been Cyan, In our new way, there is no one entity in charge. I'm fine, I'm happy with our new scenario. I think is, that, given the way our community is, the way I think most fan organization are - that will necessitate having more than one shard. I absolutely think that some people will run things (be "in charge") because of their technical and business skills, involvement in the community and ability to lead and persuade. However, I don't think that one person, or one group will have ultimate decision making authority on how a 1 (and only 1) shard Uru will be set up.
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Rusty (Chucker too) - I think we are saying the same thing. We can't change the look of the age, but different shards can (possibly) change something about the age, how it works. By my interpretation, that means we'll may have several different versions of the Cyan ages. I can't figure out how you could run different versions of the Cyan ages (say, two versions of the cleft) on one shard.
Personally I'm hoping for versions of the cleft and the other Cyan ages - with all the puzzles solved. I want to be running around in the ages, but I have no desire to redo the puzzles. I can reset all the ages but the cleft, so I can redo the puzzles, if for some reason I want to redo them. I've done those puzzles enough - I have no desire to to do them again.
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I came up with another example where I think you'll need more than one shard. Some shards may want to implement different versions of the KI. Isn't the KI a shard thing and not an age thing?
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