Alternative History:Map Game Oversight Committee

The Map Game Oversight Committee, presented by Strategos of the Edele Adelaars Scrawland Scribblescratch and a bunch of others.

A map game is a role-playing game in which each player controls the actions of an entire nation or people-group. A map game must always have a main page that includes a map of the area encompassed by the player nations and all posts by the players and moderators. All map games must have moderators that control NPC events and people, guiding the world and prevent inter-player conflict.

In the same manner as TSPTF requests, each map game has a time of two weeks to gather the votes which declare it successful or unsuccessful for making.

Committee

 * 1) Strategos of the Edele Adelaars Scrawland Scribblescratch
 * 2) Lieutenant Vivaporius
 * 3) Constable Nathan1123
 * 4) Constable Edgeofnight
 * 5) Constable United Republic
 * 6) Constable ForsakenPear
 * 7) Firesofdoom

Map Game Regulations
'''NOTE: Any map game that does not meet these standards may be subject to suspension or pending deletion at any time by members of the Committee. PLEASE read these standards carefully and ensure your map game adheres to these standards at all times.'''

Game Rules

 * There shall be at any time a maximum of three concurrent map games
 * There shall be at any time only one map game determined to be "Alien Space Bats" by this committee, and this is only in the nature of the PoD - all games must have non-ASB play
 * Any map game that is deemed ASB will be given one week to retcon and rectify their game before it is locked
 * There shall not be more than one map game of any given time period or subject matter at a time
 * e.g: two concurrent map games about World War II is not allowed
 * Users will only be allowed to play in two map games at a time
 * Each map game will be assigned two MGOC officials, who will serve as overseers
 * Each map game shall adhere to a set of standardized regulations and rules
 * Algorithms and other rules outside the set rules are permitted
 * Map games must be approved by a 2/3 supermajority by this committee
 * All map games must be titled: Map Game Title (Map Game)
 * All related pages must be followed by the suffix: (Map Game Title Map Game)
 * All related pages must be categorized by:
 * Each turn must be designated by a Level 2 header
 * ==Year==
 * Each post must be be a separate bullet, with the nation name in bold
 * e.g: * Algeria: Produces more oil
 * At least one moderator must be playing a non-important nation (ie the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
 * The decisions of the overseers assigned to a particular map game are final
 * All disputes regarding the overseers must be reported to this page's talk page
 * Plausibility will be enforced, but not strictly
 * Any evidence of inadequate moderation spotted by the overseers will be given a warning; if problems continue, the moderator will be suspended
 * The game must be archived every thirty turns
 * Do not take up in-game disputes with this committee; refer them to your assigned overseers first

Map Rules

 * The map shall be updated every five turns or less
 * The map shall be categorized to prevent confusion
 * e.g: Axis vs Allies maps should be under the category: Axis vs Allies (Map Game) Maps
 * The map shall be named Year.MapGameName.FileExtension
 * e.g: 1938.5.AxisvsAlliesReborn.jpg
 * The map shall be at least 1500x750 pixels in length and height
 * Any map found in violation of these regulations shall be deleted
 * Any map game that is found to consistently violate these map rules will be locked

Active Games

 * Emancipation
 * ForsakenPear
 * Nathan1123

Map Game Requests
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===Map Game===

*Creator

**Map games started before

*Description of game (and starting date)

*Length of turn

*Aye voters

**Voters

*Nay voters

**Voters

*Discussion

**Discussion

For previous requests, see archive.

Legacy

 * Alienation (talk) 23:19, May 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * Not started any Map Games
 * Familiar with Alt-Hist. from experience with NationStates and CyberNations
 * 410 AD. The Vandals and other clans have failed to raid Gaul, and Alaric had failed to sack Rome, and was killed
 * Each Turn will last a year
 * Aye voters
 * Voters
 * Nay voters
 * Could be interesting, but make the page first so we can get an idea of the setup. And also one-year turns would not work, or we will be looking at a 5-year game. FP Now 10% edgier!!! 19:55, May 5, 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussion
 * Discussion

Current Issues
For previous resolutions, see archive.

Resolution 003: Allow non-MGOC votes?
I think in the map game approval process non-committee users should be allowed to vote on which games they want to play, as these are ultimately going to be the people playing the games, so it will be good to see which games people are most interested in, and hence have a game that is least likely to die. It would work alongside MGOC votes in a similar process to the TSPTF requests, where a game needs the support of both the committee and the general users. If a game has less than a certain number (10?) of user votes then it will not be approved as it has not garnered enough interest. It would also encourage users to frequent this page more often and make it more user-friendly, as well as helping deflect the "MGOC are brutalistic overlords" vibe that we can sometimes give off.

I had previously thought non-committee votes were allowed, but Fires removed all those votes from the games, so I'm presuming they weren't.

That would be all. FP Now 10% edgier!!! 19:13, April 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * Aye
 * I think map games should have to reach a 2/3 majority for both non-MGOC members and MGOC members.
 * Nay
 * Discussion
 * ​2/3 works. FP Now 10% edgier!!! 19:50, April 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * ​2/3 works. FP Now 10% edgier!!! 19:50, April 17, 2016 (UTC)