[Dargon-writers-list] Hmm. Calendar Question!

[Victor Cardoso]

On Dec 26, 2007, at 11:16 AM, White, John wrote:

> PS  I know that Orn intended Melrin to be the Spring Festival, but  
> when
> the solstice and the end/beginning of the year were made to  
> coincide, I
> knew we had to change something (and no, I didn't do any research to  
> see
> who/what I might be contradicting).  Then again, I've got maps (and I
> expect they're on the DVD as well, in the archives, but I ran across
> them
> when I was cleaning something in my apartment recently) that show the
> Darst
> range as running east-west along the bottom of the Duchy of Dargon, so
> why
> does it now run north-south through the middle of the upper part of  
> the
> continent?  Consistency just don't live here, folks .....
>

Even "professional" worlds -- note the quotes -- created by commercial  
entities have problems with consistency. I think it's acceptable that  
when we, as a hobbyist group, do come across problems in our shared  
world that we bring them up to the list. And I think, for the sake of  
self-respect, we should try to correct situations that contradict  
themselves.

Now, as a group based on a consensus-driven decision model, I always  
wonder how the heck we ever get anything done because when one or two  
people point something out, most people fail to even notice it and  
reply in a timely manner. At what point do we determine that a  
consensus has been reached? Or that most people don't care? I have no  
vested interest in what we do about Melrin's placement on the  
calendar. I just want it to make some semblance of sense or be able to  
explain it to an outsider.

Even tho you, Daf, noted Melrin as a mid-year festival in some  
stories, I think the general list's understanding was that it was  
always intended to be a spring festival. And, funny enough, even  
though Melrin is a spring festival, it *still* falls mid-year in our  
calendar -- it being six months in from the beginning. So,  
technically, it *is* a mid-year festival and a spring festival at the  
same time. It all depends on how you interpret "mid-year."

At any rate, I'd like to make a graphical calendar to help writers and  
be able to explain it. Do we want to leave everything the same and  
live with the contradiction, redefine Melrin as a summer festival, or  
move the equini to correctly make it a temporal spring festival again?  
Any thoughts on this?

-- 
Victor Cardoso
  Ann Arbor, MI
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