[MACADEMIC]

Hi Mage,

Sorry if I misrepresented you in my post. I also don't think that you were the problem.

About penalties, okay perhaps it's taking it too far, but I still think scheduled events are a good idea.

How about this: for each historic mission a thread is created. If this mission proves popular, we can ask the moderators to make it a sticky. On this thread we ask community members who would like to play this game to give a statement that they have read and understood the mission and have done all necessary training and familiarisation to make themselves proficient for the mission. The thread starter can then keep the list of eligible players up to date in the first posting of his thread.

This way missions could be started either scheduled or even spontaneously, if enough qualified players are online. It would also create a pool of qualified players who could fill in when someone cannot attend. Again, I would recommend to start from text chat.

So long,

MAC