>So, I see your points and agree with some of them...however:
>
>In terms of RP, you get out of it what you put into it. This
>doesn't mean you have to feign ignorance of everything you've
>learned as a player, but each character interaction with a
>cabal leader should have a different twist based on your role.
>For those who are playing their 40th "mages burned my village,
>now give me my bloodthirst" Rager or 50th "forced into the
>wilds, now give me my chamo" Outlander, I can see how it would
>get old, though.
>
>
>Really, there is 1 kind of rager - the type that hates mages,
>sure you can "vary" how you get there, but that is the gist.
>
>The flipside of the stale RP is this. Generally speaking,
>hero's want to PK. Leaders are often busy with what limited
>time they play also, and they are there to have fun. Sure,
>they have the RESPONSIBILITY of inducting/RP which some of
>them do prioritize, but mostly they prioritize their own fun
>over that of their apps (who wouldn't and who could blame
>them)

Again, I agree that this is a hardship. I don't think an automated system is a solution to RPing a conversation with a leader.

>How about a voting system? Similar to nexus/thief votes?
>Wherin if you have more positive votes by current cabal
>members than negative you 'win' and get the induct after an
>allotted time? I don't know how well these votes act in
>practice...but we seem to generally have a rhyme/meter and
>thief GM's...
>

Assuming the Village is going to be a democracy, I suppose this could work. I don't see that happening, though.

What I'd like to see is mortal leaders taking it upon themselves to meet and induct quality members. Yeah, I'd rather be PKing also rather than talking to an applicant, so what can we do?

1. Automated sytem? Bypasses cabal RP interactions, IMHO.
2. Multiple leaders with induct? Many cabals already do this.
3. Heroimm induct? Undercuts mortal leadership, and we aren't always blessed with the number and variety of heroimms we have now.
4. IMM demotion of "deadbeat" leaders? Could be an option, but I think it would cause a lot of unhappiness for players who would see it as a punishment. (Also, I don't oversee a cabal so I won't tell other IMMs that they need to do more :-P )