Don't worry Harvey, I don't think anybody here was too concerned, and we get that it was proposed before Corey came around to start doing stuff again. Though good explanation, I quite support the idea phrased that way.Harvey wrote:Regarding the whole Shireroth-Bastion thing, I'd say "my bad!" if I felt it was actually bad. I'd been harping on them to take a more active roll in the guiding of Bastion pretty much all year. I'm a bit confused that you guys are uppity about this when you haven't done anything significant in the past two years... frankly, the fact that this has spurred discussion among the ruins means its already starting to work.
In any event, the idea behind that whole move (at least from where I am sitting) was to finally resolve that odd situation where nobody has been able to speak for Bastion as a whole, and so nobody had an interest in its growth, development, or preservation. We'd rather let the roof start leaking and the cobwebs grow thick, I'm afraid. Less metaphorically, several nations have wanted to join but been informally rejected because nobody had the authority to say yes and the people like Andreas and I that used to force votes aren't active. Having the strongest Bastion nation be able to actually handle things like this on the boards seems like a step in the right direction. It's less about ordering other nations around (frankly, it should be 0% even with the possibility of ordering other nations around) and more maintaining and developing the Bastion forums as a whole.
And Corey - I'd also have suggested aiming to keep mainland Toketi and dropping Laranel and Chelkra. Though dropping Chelkra saddens me, I really wish we hadn't lost that free forum they were on, so much good development.