User:Alkhar/DP Discussions

TifaDivine: [43m] Okay, so, we all know I'm not advancing
TifaDivine: [43m] but before I put my support behind Alkhar, I'd like to know some things about the view
of the DP 'power' or 'authority'
TifaDivine: [43m] and, apologies, but this will be kind of standard questions
TifaDivine: [42m] at least at first :p
TifaDivine: [42m] So, Alkhar, how would you define the DP role (for yourself and others)
Alkhar: [34m] I am a bit terrified with the idea of someone, even myself, holding the power to permanently
ban others to be honest. But I have witnessed many occasions where DP is granted a role in community where
those who would feel helpless or beaten otherwise were not in a situation to feel so as they could go to a DP 
for advise/action
Alkhar: [33m] It is a role with a grounding to achieve great results in situations where otherwise things
may not go beyond personal conflicts/grudges by any other means
TifaDivine: [30m] So, do you see this community role as one of a mediator? (I am assuming this is 
a role *aside* from the ban power itself)
Alkhar: [28m] Exactly the word I would like to use is mediator and I believe the mere existence of
ban power has a part of it being acceptable making every DP of some interpersonal skills get the role
TifaDivine [26m] nods
TifaDivine: [25m] Do you think that people elected to be DP should be people who commit themselves
entirely to public works projects? Or do you think that a variety of playstyles can be represented amongst
the DPs? 
TifaDivine: [24m] (I ask because I saw someone make an argument once that essentially boiled down to 'if 
you own things that are your own, and not for public use, then you shouldn't be DP)
Alkhar: [22m] for one thing, I don't own anything that is not in my pockets right now. ^^ but a DP doesn't
have to be the servant. I would rather have someone with good objectivity and judgement
Alkhar: [22m] but a DP should also not be in his/her own world only involved in their own gaming
Alkhar: [21m] there is a lot to do with others and there is a lot that require to be with others
TifaDivine [20m] nods
TifaDivine: [20m] What is your position on people using bonfires to 'reserve' clay patches, or to 'mark'
their backyards for future compounds etc?
Alkhar: [18m] ah, a delicate one that is
Alkhar: [18m] well I am utterly disgusted with thousands of bonfires around laying pointless. I am carrying
3 bonfire petitions out there 
TifaDivine: [18m] 3?
Alkhar: [17m] to mark your backyard is understandable, to mark a clay patch out there somewhere is 
outrageously greedy
Alkhar: [17m] yes
Alkhar: [17m] Bonfire Reduction Tax, Bonfires -Beloved, Binned or BEqueathed, and some Qzzzzrrkytqkqkq,
with 100 reduced flax content :Ş
TifaDivine: [16m] hahahaha
Alkhar: [16m] any 3 of them would bing a proper solution to the bonfire problem all around, the other
use of them as land claim is unacceptable if not really exactly in your backyard and there is other ways
to do that
TifaDivine: [13m] And if someone felt that another player was 'hoarding' a resource, how would you respond
to that?
Alkhar: [09m] If someone is working hard to gather a resource as much as he/she wants, it is not anybody's
business, unless they are taking from others in inacceptable ways. Regardless, I would rather everyone be
as sharing as possible. There is a working balance in this game for most where everyone have their hands
on some stuff and trade it with others with whatever tohers have their hands on
Alkhar: [07m] thoers=the others
TifaDivine [04m] nods
TifaDivine: [04m] What language(s) do you speak fluently?
Alkhar: [03m] you see the level of my english and apart from that, my mother tounge, turkish
TifaDivine [03m] nods
Alkhar: [02m] I also speak a local greek variety that has only a few thousand users left alive :Ş
TifaDivine: [02m] one last question
TifaDivine: [02m] if a conflict arose involving, let's say, Kalmkitty - how would you handle it? (I only
use her because I know she is your friend)
Alkhar: [01m] as objective as I can and I can claim to manage objectivity in any given situation
Alkhar: [01m] the conflict is needed to be taken into consdieration and its reasons together with the game 
mechanics 
(If I would answer this question today, it would be letting other DPs handle the situation as now we have more DPs to get involved than when this conversation took place.)
TifaDivine: [01m] well, I have a few reservations, but nothing strong enough to make me want to try to block
from the next round Alkhar
TifaDivine: [01m] so you'd got my vote for this round :)
TifaDivine: [01m] you've*
Alkhar: [01m] thank you :)