Board Thread:Event Discussion/@comment-76.186.93.246-20140317075821/@comment-14112833-20140326213634

I believe taking a laissez-faire approach to the RISK map is the best idea. In cooperation with what Moorwhelp suggested, these events should be open to the public, and all guilds should have the right to issue a challenge for dominance over contested territories. I'd like to think the RISK map operates in the same manner as this Wikia itself, and that anyone can contribute to it as long as they are willing to put forth the required investment of time and planning.

If we open the map up for public use in this way, however, some questions arise. If there are two guilds, one on Alliance and one on Horde, who do an exclusive campaign for a contested territory and neglect to open it to the server, do they have a right to update the map accordingly? Taking this question a step further, do they have a right to change the status of a zone that has been updated by a previous campaign in which they were not involved in?

For example, if Clergy of Holy Light and Fireborne were to fight over Arathi one month after the last campaign, and if the Alliance won, would it be fair to update that map and disregard the contributions of 200+ others who participated in the previous campaign?

My answer to this is a proposal to create guidelines for all users of the RISK map while avoiding the creation of a council to determine what is legitimate and what is not. A "cooldown" period for each territory, some sufficient level of advertisement, a minimum number of participating guilds, or at least representatives from each faction, etc.

I'd love to discuss these ideas at the next Ventrilo meeting, which will be April 6 at 7:00 PM. I'd also like to read more feedback to this thread from other contributors.