MSN - Long Term Planning

[Kody]

Chairman and Kody again.

John says:
oh well if you find anyone willing to do real hive work
John says:
send him/her my way
John says:
I'll put the person to polling for ideas and giving people information.
John says:
and gathering ideas
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
Well you have the Marshal, and Jamski... the rest of us sit in our nice offices and plan the political stuff (HongHu doesn't even do that)
John says:
yeah, but we still haven't decided what our next tech is after biogenetics
John says:
aside from "more bases", we haven't planned past building an SP
John says:
umm building SPs rather
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
If there urgency for such a decision? the turns come slowly
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
the best idea is to post a poll
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
and then ask everyone what their preferences are on MSN
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
since the poll will explain to them the choices
John says:
Yes, because doing things quickly means losing production nutrient or energy
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
and then can cast their vote in person
John says:
I've figured out how to rush biogenetics a bit more
John says:
but it was too late
John says:
it was only after jamski impressed on me how important HGP will be to us
John says:
that I considered rushing our tech further
John says:
so we're already losing out in small ways due to lack of longer term planning
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
alright
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i will give you long term planning
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
give me a few days to get things organized
John says:
umm no
John says:
I don't want long term planning
John says:
it's very difficult to do both mircomanagement and long term planning
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
what then do you propose?
John says:
the things I've been dragging my feet over have been the long term planning issues
John says:
We need people to bring these ideas into the light
John says:
get people to talk about it
John says:
I'll read what people say, and know how to lean the mircomagnement
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
but people aren't talking
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i see what you're getting at
John says:
the long term planning really needs someone collecting information and opinions from many people
John says:
I can do that, but I really want someone else to do that.
John says:
otherwise I end up doing long term mircomanagement
John says:
which takes ages
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i understand
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i will do it myself if need be
John says:
the time period the long term planning needs to think at is 7-15 years ahead.
John says:
I usually stop around 5-8 turns into the future
John says:
as it gets impossible around that stage
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
lol
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
I find this ironic
John says:
so basically we should know which tech
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
we've been doing exactly that
John says:
and what kind of productions are required
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
except no one has been communicating it to others
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
alright
John says:
and perferably percentage priorities
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i will include you in on the planning sessions, if not that then the marshal will send you his detailed report on our goals
John says:
like we want 20% industry growth and 50% military growth, 10% defence against probes etc.
John says:
then I can more easily balance everything
John says:
and when you say military growth you then explain what kinds of units and things will be useful
John says:
and industry growth which facilities, what terraforming etc.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
all understandable, you will have what you ask
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
and more
John says:
and try and priorities as much as possible by numerical ratings.
John says:
because mircomangement isn't about getting a single priority
John says:
it's about balancing everything to get the maximum of the many things you want.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
so we set goals
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
you acheive them
John says:
not only goals, but explainations of why
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
yes yes, i understand
John says:
and say how important each is
John says:
compared to other things
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
we will assign it a numerical value
John says:
that way I know if I should sacrifice 1 EC to get 1 more mineral
John says:
or something like that
John says:
or lose 3 minerals to get a unit faster
John says:
things like that are the difficult decisions I make with mircomanagement
John says:
also I consider things such as where things are built too
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
and hence you want to see our long term plans in order to better work towards acheiving them rather than just working in the blind
John says:
so I sometimes sacrifice in one place because that colony pod is needed in that area.
John says:
well I have an idea
John says:
and when I absolutely need them
John says:
I conduct polls and talk to people
John says:
but if I get a longer heads up
John says:
I can work better
John says:
because little nudges earlier on
John says:
cost less
John says:
and achieve more
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
alright
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
in that case
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
i will tell you what has been decided
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
we need transport foils
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
we need an invasion force
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
the marshal has the details in his report that is due to reach me soon as to what he wants percisely
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
but we are working towards invasion, not for conquest, but to subdue the other faction
John says:
what piority in relation to defence, base growth, SPs, and production
John says:
and do we publish this in the forum?
John says:
i mean what you just said
John says:
or is it secret
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
yes
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum says:
it's fine