Question Time Post

[Kyphis the Bard]

Is this still happening?

[Kyphis the Bard]

This topic just became a Giant troll, thanks to Announcement 2131. I very much look forward to hearing the Councils decisions to the popular questions expressed here.

[Seigheart]

I am curious to know what came of this as well...

[Pothos]

[cquote]we are just discussing what questions we are going to reply to, some of the questions need a lot more thought than was initially believed as things need to be discussed with mur and others.[/cquote]

[Pipstickz]

Here's a question: You're meant to replace Mur as the "man in charge", so to speak, why do you need to talk with him about things like this? Bit of a rhetorical question, really only meant to cause a stir. >>

[Kyphis the Bard]

If I had to guess, I'd say that it's because they aren't supposed to replace Mur.

They are supposed to provide a means for us to get some things done which we can't necessarily do ourselves without having to wait for Mur to do it. There will (sadly) always be things they can't do without talking to Mur. Generally, this would relate to any of the other institutions than have Mur derived Authority within the realm (LHO's (specifically LHO Inquisitor), Kings, etc).
In this specific case I would say it is because answering some of the more interesting questions may carry certain unforeseeable-by-the-asker consequences if answered, that run counter to the operating guidelines set by Mur when the council is formed. Could also be part of the reason why the council rotated when it did, I'd be interested to know if the answers where coming from pre- or post-rotation council members.

Also +rep to pip for having the audacity to raise that perfectly valid question. Just because a few of us might have a decent theory as to why this is the case, doesn't mean we have any idea what the real reason is. Personally, if that is an answered question it would be one of the ones I would find the most interesting to read the answer to.

Edited December 22, 2011 by Kyphis the Bard

[Atrumist]

It may be off topic, but I must express my thought, actually my feel which is speaking and its saying that in its opinion, behind this council stands only one man - Mur, and this "council trick" is just another good experiment of his.

Probably we are wrong.

[Fyrd Argentus]

[Split off]

Grido has access to some text corrections, but not all. Rendril does some coding. Are there others actively coding [with respect to clean-up] besides these two and Mur? And what priority is given to cleaning up "first impressions" including typos, grammer, etc.?

Edited December 26, 2011 by Fyrd Argentus

[Rumi]

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