Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:32 pm by QueenofNo
I think three experts are warranted -- three who have little connection with each other -- who are online mostly at different times.
Friendships and alliances are made and broken daily -- for example just a few days ago Mustang posted this:
"I wanna announce a crazy idea, I've contacted the nominees for expert. I think that instead of voting on one let's vote on 2! I think myself (Mustang82) and Raptors1 would make an amazing expert combo. We both have substantial amounts of votes so we are well liked and we both get along very well. This is the most logical solution"
Now Mustang is nominating someone else in the nominations thread. Oddly someone who was vocal in his disappointment that Mustang became expert and who has already, like Mustang, in the nominations thread nominated Raptors:
"I would like to change my nomination to Raptors1. He is very helpful to people who have questions and seems like a good guy."
I think whoever is making the decisions should try and avoid appointing more experts that are easily swayed by peer/alliance pressure...and try to not appoint experts from within the same alliance or who have a strong connection to one another -- and especially ones who seem to be making and breaking deals to support each other for expert.
I've seen a lot of scheming, conniving, posturing, pretending, and demonstrations of faux helpful attitudes in the race to the riches of expert. It's not unlike real world politics in any regard -- with one exception: the expert is charged with an unbiased enforcement of the TOS as well as being a mentor to less knowledgeable players... and there are very few players who have demonstrated the maturity to offer both. So, let's wish us all luck in our playing experience with the upcoming experts -- we need it.