@Alex You are on top of things as usual I see.  

@Quixen This thread has gotten pretty long and can be hard to understand, with the diversions here and there. Wish there was a way to just take the pertinent info and delete the rest once it's no use anymore.

I understand your concern Chip, especially if this thread is the first you've read on the subject. It has gotten a lot simpler since the start.


This is the proposed constitution written by Mumblefratz. It should answer your questions. A lot of what was in the earlier stages of this discussion was just a bunch of ideas that has pretty well been decided to be looked at by the council, once formed.

We, the active members of the Metaverse, as represented by the four founding empires: B.C. Space Orca’s, The Galactic Diplomats, The High Command Hegemony and Arrakis Imperium, have approved the formation of the Metaverse Council. The purpose of this Council is to increase interest and participation in the Metaverse by the general Galactic Civilization II community. To achieve the stated purpose the Council is presumed to act with the combined weight and authority of all those the Council represents. This document defines the rules under which the Council must act and requires ratification by all four founding empires. Once ratified these rules may only be changed by an 80% majority of the Council itself.

1) Any and all votes that require a change to the status quo require a 70% majority of voting representatives. The votes of all representatives carry equal weight. In such a case where no status quo exists a simple majority of voting representatives is sufficient.

2) Initial representation shall consist of 2 representatives selected or elected from each of the four founding empires. The nature of the selection of future representatives and the inclusion of future empires in the Council shall be determined by the Council itself, but the inclusion of representatives; unaligned to any empire or from empires deemed too small for direct inclusion in the Council, is to be a priority.

Now how much would you pay! But wait, there's more! You get the metaverse council for the low, low price of nothing. You get an improved AltMeta. You get a couple of representatives willing to spend 4 hours a day trolling these forums trying to "sell" this to any and all. Representative that are willing to write close to 100 very long replies trying to respond to every little question about how this will work or trying to get the conversation out of some procedural rat hole it's descended into yet again. All this for the low, low price of 0 down, 0 per month, with 0 interest for the life of the loan. Operators are standing by for your call. Call today! Supplies limited!

Priceless.

I really believe if this is done correctly, and posted for all to see, the final document or the Magna Carta as Mumble would like to call it, should sell itself. At least that is what I hope for.

Improving the Metaverse Priceless

Nice.    Don't leave home without it.

Just so long as we make it so that:

The Metaverse Council - so simple, even a caveman could understand it!   

so simple, even a caveman could understand it!

I see a caveman union protest coming   

On a serious note. Things are coming together.

Glad to be represented...by who, yet TBD.

Seriously, I am in favor of this action and like I said above, I'm willing to "wear the black hat" if it helps get things on track. (please note this for future indulgences...ERrrr, reference).

Sounds good. I think that we need take care not to get "bogged down" in wording. The sooner we can get the council rolling, the better. Remember, this is not "The Constitution" or "The Magna Charta" (excuse my spelling) - so we don't need to worry too much about long term implications or details. These can be addressed as the need arrises. Remember, anyone can withdraw from an empire that they fill is not meeting their needs and desires. Also, an empire can always withdrawl from the council if it feels that the council is not acting in the best interests of the Metaverse. This is a game for fun.

Note: I posted this comment in another thread also.

Brezelius

We've had a tough time doing this

Yes, this has been difficult. I think a lot of good effort has been put in by a number of folks. I'm sure this has been as difficult to read as it has been to write. If folks missed a post or two or are guilty of only skimming something that we may have considered important, it doesn't really matter. The fact that many folks simply took the time to read even some of these overly long winded, sometimes pompous posts is a credit to their interest.

Since the alternative to not reading every word in a thread is usually not reading any word in a thread, I thank everyone for the attention that this has received as well as everyone that took the time and effort to pose questions, even if it was aggravating at times having to answer all of them.

Please forgive the apparent impatience of my young friend here and chalk it up to the exuberance of youth. He's obviously intelligent, just lacking in the life experience that puts everything into context.

My apologies to The Great Emperor - I did not mean to imply that progress was going too slow. I am not usually impatient (I teach High School)- but obviously my post came across sounding like that. Perhaps it is (as Muble said) more along the lines of exuberance - I just started playing this game in November. I really appreciate all the comments and suggestions that are posted on these threads (perhaps not the "grammer police"). So please accept my apology.

Brezelius

Yea, i guess i did come out a bit strong, but todays Spanish final left me feeling like a idiot, an angry idiot at that. So you were just one of the people that got into the cross fire.

Apologies are needed to everyone i might have offended, your imput(like Mumble said) is very much welcome.

I just thought I'd throw into this that I could possibly be hosting a mod metaverse over on TBSModder, depending on whether CriElf has time to throw in a minor update to the game that sees the endgame stats recorded in an xml file. I haven't a clue ATM how I would go about this, but it remains a possibility.

Thanks for your input Macmatt!! This would be very much appreciated

Also register yourself on the Core to stay updated about the Council on the forums and to participate in some of the discussions. Your input would be much appreciated.

Not to stear this thread of its point, but why is TBSmodder down? Are we getting a new host?