03-07-2012, 12:32 AM
You guys may have noticed some big changes around here.
The Chubbs community is now a Hub, and CDBZRPG is now a Node on that Hub. It will still receive updates and an active staff according to its activity.
The move is meant to be one toward greater member freedom and choice. No doors have been closed in this transition, but a number have been opened. Anyone may start their own Node, on nearly any subject you wish: zombies, college sports drama, organized crime families in Philadelphia in the 1960s, vampires in the year 2060, high fantasy, low fantasy, science fiction, the list is endless.
With this change from Chubbs as a single RPG, to Chubbs as a Hub of many RPGs, the Staff has changed form. Some members will be kept on as Hub Staff, who handle the general management of the Chubbs Hub, as well as organizing hub-wide events, and handling issues on the node-level at the request of a node leader. Each Node will have its own staff, appointed and handled by the node-creator. You do not need to be a member of the Hub Staff to be a node-creator, or a member of a node's staff.
Over the years, we have had many reflections on the CDBZRPG system. There's a lot of creativity here (both in terms of storyline, and game mechanics), and there are also disagreements on fundamental, mechanical issues (for which there is no 'right' answer). With this node system, we can take these differences beyond one-off topics in the QSU forum, and have them be sketched out in a working, community RPG. We can see what works and what doesn't, and we can all incorporate those discoveries into future projects.
It's a new thing, and as with all innovation, there will be kinks. We haven't found all of the weirdnesses yet. But we expect this to be a particularly vibrant, new era of Chubbs, of greater creative freedom for all members, where any idea, if solid and well-liked, can rise to the top.
The Chubbs community is now a Hub, and CDBZRPG is now a Node on that Hub. It will still receive updates and an active staff according to its activity.
The move is meant to be one toward greater member freedom and choice. No doors have been closed in this transition, but a number have been opened. Anyone may start their own Node, on nearly any subject you wish: zombies, college sports drama, organized crime families in Philadelphia in the 1960s, vampires in the year 2060, high fantasy, low fantasy, science fiction, the list is endless.
With this change from Chubbs as a single RPG, to Chubbs as a Hub of many RPGs, the Staff has changed form. Some members will be kept on as Hub Staff, who handle the general management of the Chubbs Hub, as well as organizing hub-wide events, and handling issues on the node-level at the request of a node leader. Each Node will have its own staff, appointed and handled by the node-creator. You do not need to be a member of the Hub Staff to be a node-creator, or a member of a node's staff.
Over the years, we have had many reflections on the CDBZRPG system. There's a lot of creativity here (both in terms of storyline, and game mechanics), and there are also disagreements on fundamental, mechanical issues (for which there is no 'right' answer). With this node system, we can take these differences beyond one-off topics in the QSU forum, and have them be sketched out in a working, community RPG. We can see what works and what doesn't, and we can all incorporate those discoveries into future projects.
It's a new thing, and as with all innovation, there will be kinks. We haven't found all of the weirdnesses yet. But we expect this to be a particularly vibrant, new era of Chubbs, of greater creative freedom for all members, where any idea, if solid and well-liked, can rise to the top.
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