Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-47205-20160329150225/@comment-1073312-20160329172135

Pessimism isn't really what we need.

@Luxor: Remember that this won't work like the existing fiction universe, "People want control over what they are doing", that might be so in the existing fiction universe, but people collaborating in this project are participating towards a common goal and should be open to the constructive input of others. "even setting the points might result in something that is completely different than the base idea" It's not that hard really, if we are finding structures which unite our setting points. Already, Charles has suggested politics occurs on a planet to sector scale, rather than galaxy. My input to contribute to that would be to suggest ways in which the new universe has limited faster than light travel. Yes, we are setting limits on each other, but it's about finding what you can do within them, and possibly go beyond. "Telling people that someone has to do sth for them and there is no way he can do it alone will make him angry". Shouldn't be if we participate full heartily that we know what we are going into.

And while Charles knows a lot more about politics than I do, it's still possible for my ideas to inform his knowledge, and vice versa.

People want to control what they are doing, and even setting the points might result in something that is completely different than the base idea