Hallo allemaal,
ik heb een tijdje de situatie rond Geert Wilders en bedreigingen vanuit zijn aanhangers, en aan zijn aanhangers, in de gaten gehouden. Ik kwam erachter dat Geert Wilders zeer dubbele standaarden heeft.
Recentelijk zat een PVV-aanhanger de dochter van Femke Halsema te bedreigen. Dit is veel in het nieuws geweest, mede doordat Femke ervoor naar de rechter was gestapt. Geert Wilders zei niets over deze kwestie, zelfs geen distantiëring. Hij had op zijn minst kunnen zeggen dat hij het afwijst, of dat hij er afstand van neemt. Dit is een zeer grove fout van hem, want wie zwijgt stemt toe (zegt men). Maar de fouten hielden hierbij niet op.
Wilders bleef klagen over bedreigingen aan zijn adres, en bleef vragen om hardere acties tegen zijn bedreigers. Dit is een dubbele standaard, want hij vindt het niet erg als zijn 'tegenstanders' bedreigd worden, maar als hij bedreigd wordt, schreeuwt hij gelijk moord en brand. Daarnaast eist hij steeds van anderen of die zich distantiëren van de bedreigingen. Misschien moet hij dat zelf ook eens doen?
Het wordt tijd dat we eens door onze 'woede' heen kijken, en leren te begrijpen dat we iedereen in het land nodig hebben. Tenslotte, oma weet waarom de huidige situatie met Geert Wilders zeer gevaarlijk is.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Het Piratenwiel
Dit is een vertaling van het volgende stukje tekst van Rick Falkvinge.
Dit artikel vat de ideologie van de Piratenpartijen en bewegingen samen. Deze ideologie is nog altijd volop in ontwikkeling, en kan nog altijd aangepast worden! De as van de ideologie is humanisme, maar het is niet 100% humanisme. Het is ook niet liberalisme, socialisme of conservatisme of zoals alle andere voormalige ideologieën. Dit artikel vat ieder deel van de Piratenideologie samen.
Humanisme - de as. Iedereen heeft dezelfde rechten, ongeacht welke afkomst diegene heeft. Iedereen heeft vrijheid om te geloven waar diegene in wilt geloven, zij het religieus, opvattingen of politiek: Iedereen zal gelijk behandeld worden. Iedereen heeft het recht op toegang, gebruik en verrijking van cultuur en kennis. De samenleving en overheid zal niet vooroordelen over iemand hebben.
Privacy. Het recht van ieder individu om privacy te hebben. Dit recht spreidt zich uit over 6 gebieden: briefgeheim, het recht om niet gevolgd te worden, het recht van privacy op eigen grond, lichaam, identiteit en data. Deze zijn allen onschendbaar, en mogen alleen gebroken worden als het individu wordt verdacht van een misdaad. In dat geval mag het alleen proportioneel gebroken worden.
Transparantie. Ieder individu heeft het recht om te onderzoeken hoe de overheid de macht gebruikt die de overheid is gegeven door het volk. De overheid mag niet iets vooraf vragen, zoals identiteit of geld. Iedere burger heeft het recht om volksvertegenwoordigers verantwoordelijk te houden voor hun acties, en de volksvertegenwoordigers mogen dit niet tegen houden.
Cultuur. Iedereen zal het recht hebben om cultuur te maken, en mag daarbij van alle reeds bestaande cultuur gebruik maken. Hiervoor is geen toestemming nodig. Iedereen heeft het recht om cultuur te delen, gebruikmakend van alle bestaande technologieën daarvoor. Iedereen heeft altijd het recht om cultuur op te halen, gebruiken, remixen, publiceren, uitvoeren en om erin deel te nemen.
Kennis. Iedereen heeft het recht om kennis te gebruiken, her te gebruiken en erop voort te bouwen. Niemand heeft het recht om te voorkomen dat iemand kennis verwerft. Resultaten van publiekelijk gesubsidieerd onderzoek vallen in het publieke domein. Journalistiek is niet meer een beroep, maar een activiteit: We hangen af van mensen die delen wat ze zien.
'Swarm Economy'. Mensen hebben niet meer dezelfde baan voor heel hun leven. Ze hebben meestal meerdere banen, waarvan sommige betaald en andere onbetaald. Men wisselt regelmatig van baan. Een probleem is dat vrijwilligerswerk in de huidige economie niet als productie wordt gezien. De samenleving moet op dit gebied aanpassen, en dus ook vrijwilligerswerk als waardevol werk zien.
Diversiteit. Polyculturen in ieder deel van de samenleving zijn zeer belangrijk. Ten eerste voorkomt het culturele en ideologische inteelt. Ten tweede voegt het een zeer belangrijke beschermingslaag tegen machtsmisbruik toe. Ten derde is diversiteit niet alleen nodig in de bevolking, maar ook in de technische aspecten van de samenleving (om bijv. monopolistische structuren tegen te gaan).
Kwaliteit van ons werk. We zijn trots op de kwaliteit voor ons werk. Iedere wet moet nodig, effectief en proportioneel zijn. Wanneer het hier niet aan voldoet, dient het verwijderd te worden. Wanneer een andere wetgeving onze doelen beter uitvoert, dan zullen we die moeten gebruiken in plaats van de huidige. Politieke prestige is schadelijk. Wetgeving is om te regeren, niet om symbolen mee af te geven. Daarom dus ook geen symboolwetgeving.
Pragmatisme. We zetten hoge doelen, en weten dat we die niet gelijk zullen halen. De weg naar de samenleving volgens onze idealen zit vol met tussenstapjes, en we moeten kunnen leven in ieder van die. Als we naar een tussenstap gaan, betekent het dat we niet ons doel opgeven, maar dat we nog steeds richting het doel bewegen.Bij deze de vertaling. Als er aanmerkingen zijn, je kunt me bereiken op roberto.moretti apenstaartje piratenpartij punt nl.
Monday, March 28, 2011
The latest scam by the copyright industry?
Hey everyone!
It's been a while since my most recent blogpost. This blog post will be about one of the latest scams of the copyright industry. This scam (Dutch article) came to light in Belgium.
The scam is about forcing logistics companies (who use trucks to haul stuff around) to pay for the time spent listening towards the radio inside the trucks. This is done, because the truck cabin is a so called 'workspace'. It is indeed a workspace, but there's a real fraudulent nature behind this scam.
The fraudulent nature is that the music was already paid for twice! First off, the rights on the album were paid. Then, the radio station had to pay the broadcast rights. And now thirdly, the logistics company has to pay for the rights to listen to the radio. Could this mean that in the future, anyone who listens a radio needs to pay rights to listen to the radio?!
These fraudulent practices shouldn't be allowed, ever! It's time people get to know the real fraudulent nature of the copyright industry. They don't act on behalf of the authors and artists they say to support, but only on behalf of their shareholders' demand for excessive wealth. That's why I vote for the Pirate Party! It's time we abolish these dinosaurs of the 20th century, and move into the 21st century!
It's been a while since my most recent blogpost. This blog post will be about one of the latest scams of the copyright industry. This scam (Dutch article) came to light in Belgium.
The scam is about forcing logistics companies (who use trucks to haul stuff around) to pay for the time spent listening towards the radio inside the trucks. This is done, because the truck cabin is a so called 'workspace'. It is indeed a workspace, but there's a real fraudulent nature behind this scam.
The fraudulent nature is that the music was already paid for twice! First off, the rights on the album were paid. Then, the radio station had to pay the broadcast rights. And now thirdly, the logistics company has to pay for the rights to listen to the radio. Could this mean that in the future, anyone who listens a radio needs to pay rights to listen to the radio?!
These fraudulent practices shouldn't be allowed, ever! It's time people get to know the real fraudulent nature of the copyright industry. They don't act on behalf of the authors and artists they say to support, but only on behalf of their shareholders' demand for excessive wealth. That's why I vote for the Pirate Party! It's time we abolish these dinosaurs of the 20th century, and move into the 21st century!
Friday, January 21, 2011
The wrong government of The Netherlands
Hello everyone,
I wanted to blog about some recent developments in The Netherlands. It is internationally known that The Netherlands are a quite strong ally of the US. Recently, they've been exceeding limits what most people accept in that.
It started with 9/11. The Netherlands cooperated with the US government like an US pet. They handed out information about Dutch citizens, like bank transactions, travel information, criminal records, and more. This has all been made possible by parties like the CDA, VVD and later on the PVV. These right wing parties (extremist right wing in the case of the PVV), give in to US demands, without getting things back for the Dutch people. I see them as traitors of The Netherlands.
Also, the people of The Netherlands are kept in the dark about all of this. It's important information which we need to judge our government well, but the media has largely been trying to cover things up. In the case of wikileaks, they gave a US-favoring spin towards it. Even the recent releases about the acts of the current and past government members towards several people are given a spin sometimes.
The acts of past and recent government members are despicable. They asked the US to illegally murder people, to put allies in the government under pressure (and even giving advice how to do so!), and so on. Even the prime minister (Balkenende) even asked the US to put the vice prime minister under serious pressure!
As it was said on a certain news outlet: "Politics are all about trust. When you can't trust your own government members any more, the government comes to an end and a new one needs to be formed after elections.". It's good to know that certain former government members could stand up to the extreme pressure put on them by the US. These people, like Wouter Bos, kept their own opinions, even when under alot of pressure. That's also why we were allowed to have new elections.
These elections seem to have been manipulated into a certain direction though. It has been proven that the CDA (Balkenende/Verhagen's party, currently in power)) went to the US and said "If you get us into power, we will make sure that The Netherlands remains a strong ally". There are even rumors that the VVD (currently mostly in power, next to the CDA and PVV) did this too. If this proves to be true, I would like to say that the elections have been 'rigged' then through the media.
Also, the deals which The Netherlands maintains with the US, are even so unfair that even the Chinese are more fair (and that means alot!). Dutch citizens can be extradited towards the US, even when the US has nothing more but a claim (so even no proof!). They even have a law which allows them to bring back US citizens with violence when they are arrested or imprisoned in The Netherlands!
It seems clear to me that the past and current Dutch governments are traitors of The Netherlands. They even are destroying the whole educational system now! This is really outrageous!
What is it to be a Dutch citizens, to feel Dutch? Should we feel like US pets, or should we take up our own direction? It should stop right now. The government should care again about it's people, and place their own people which empower them as a first priority. That's why I vote for the Dutch Pirate Party, since they place the people as first priority. Will you vote for them too?
I wanted to blog about some recent developments in The Netherlands. It is internationally known that The Netherlands are a quite strong ally of the US. Recently, they've been exceeding limits what most people accept in that.
It started with 9/11. The Netherlands cooperated with the US government like an US pet. They handed out information about Dutch citizens, like bank transactions, travel information, criminal records, and more. This has all been made possible by parties like the CDA, VVD and later on the PVV. These right wing parties (extremist right wing in the case of the PVV), give in to US demands, without getting things back for the Dutch people. I see them as traitors of The Netherlands.
Also, the people of The Netherlands are kept in the dark about all of this. It's important information which we need to judge our government well, but the media has largely been trying to cover things up. In the case of wikileaks, they gave a US-favoring spin towards it. Even the recent releases about the acts of the current and past government members towards several people are given a spin sometimes.
The acts of past and recent government members are despicable. They asked the US to illegally murder people, to put allies in the government under pressure (and even giving advice how to do so!), and so on. Even the prime minister (Balkenende) even asked the US to put the vice prime minister under serious pressure!
As it was said on a certain news outlet: "Politics are all about trust. When you can't trust your own government members any more, the government comes to an end and a new one needs to be formed after elections.". It's good to know that certain former government members could stand up to the extreme pressure put on them by the US. These people, like Wouter Bos, kept their own opinions, even when under alot of pressure. That's also why we were allowed to have new elections.
These elections seem to have been manipulated into a certain direction though. It has been proven that the CDA (Balkenende/Verhagen's party, currently in power)) went to the US and said "If you get us into power, we will make sure that The Netherlands remains a strong ally". There are even rumors that the VVD (currently mostly in power, next to the CDA and PVV) did this too. If this proves to be true, I would like to say that the elections have been 'rigged' then through the media.
Also, the deals which The Netherlands maintains with the US, are even so unfair that even the Chinese are more fair (and that means alot!). Dutch citizens can be extradited towards the US, even when the US has nothing more but a claim (so even no proof!). They even have a law which allows them to bring back US citizens with violence when they are arrested or imprisoned in The Netherlands!
It seems clear to me that the past and current Dutch governments are traitors of The Netherlands. They even are destroying the whole educational system now! This is really outrageous!
What is it to be a Dutch citizens, to feel Dutch? Should we feel like US pets, or should we take up our own direction? It should stop right now. The government should care again about it's people, and place their own people which empower them as a first priority. That's why I vote for the Dutch Pirate Party, since they place the people as first priority. Will you vote for them too?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Minecraft as useful tool - take 2
Hello everyone,
I had posted earlier about why Minecraft is useful for teambuilding. I will expand on this and explain more things about the background.
Games are not toys
Many people are sceptical about using games in a useful way. Games are generally seen as toys, and nothing more. This is mostly seen this way by people who have never played any real educational or teamwork games. They're free to have that opinion, since we're always free to have our opinions.
I have a different opinion. In my eyes, games can be great tools, especially since they're interactive. Not every game is suited for serious purposes though. Still, there are many which are. One of the games which seems like a simple toy, but isn't when used correctly, is Minecraft. I used this way to make a teambuilding environment, which is cheaper and more effective than most teambuilding methods used by corporations.
Several reasons why Minecraft is better than conventional teambuilding
Let me explain this: Minecraft currently costs €15,- per person. Looking up the cheapest teambuilding places in my country, that price is around €20,- to €30,-. That's 25% to 50% cheaper than the cheapest normal teambuilding methods. Even then, it's likely even cheaper, since these conventional teambuilding methods can only be used once. Minecraft can be used infinitely when purchased, in contrary to the conventional teambuilding methods (which include doing various tasks in real life together for an afternoon).
Even if we leave the Minecraft is cheaper argument out of the discussion, you still have several other things to look into. Minecraft is a so called 'Creative Game'. This means that you get dropped in a 'sandbox' (a game which never ends, with no clear goal) and you can let your fantasy and imagination flow freely. This creates a very relaxed environment. Coupled with working together on massive buildings, this makes for very clear positive interaction between the members.
But not only is there clear interaction between members... There's also the advantage that people don't have to travel to a certain place to meet, which also saves on time, cost and effort. Also, Minecraft is a quite 'easy' game in means of controls. The only buttons which you mostly use, are the mouse buttons, the movement keys and the inventory key. Next to an easy-to-use interface, the game also requires hardly any prior knowledge. You need to learn some things about Minecraft though once you play it. It is also available for most platforms, which makes it also not bound with a certain operating system, for instance windows. All this makes Minecraft very accessible.
Rounding stuff up
I think that it is clear now why Minecraft is a very useful tool for teambuilding. I've been pioneering teambuilding in Minecraft together with some others. But many people don't know that they're also pioneers in it. Virtually everyone who has played on an online server, and worked together with people, has been doing this. Many friendships have been created, and many more will be created in Minecraft.
Thanks for reading!
Roberto
I had posted earlier about why Minecraft is useful for teambuilding. I will expand on this and explain more things about the background.
Games are not toys
Many people are sceptical about using games in a useful way. Games are generally seen as toys, and nothing more. This is mostly seen this way by people who have never played any real educational or teamwork games. They're free to have that opinion, since we're always free to have our opinions.
I have a different opinion. In my eyes, games can be great tools, especially since they're interactive. Not every game is suited for serious purposes though. Still, there are many which are. One of the games which seems like a simple toy, but isn't when used correctly, is Minecraft. I used this way to make a teambuilding environment, which is cheaper and more effective than most teambuilding methods used by corporations.
Several reasons why Minecraft is better than conventional teambuilding
Let me explain this: Minecraft currently costs €15,- per person. Looking up the cheapest teambuilding places in my country, that price is around €20,- to €30,-. That's 25% to 50% cheaper than the cheapest normal teambuilding methods. Even then, it's likely even cheaper, since these conventional teambuilding methods can only be used once. Minecraft can be used infinitely when purchased, in contrary to the conventional teambuilding methods (which include doing various tasks in real life together for an afternoon).
Even if we leave the Minecraft is cheaper argument out of the discussion, you still have several other things to look into. Minecraft is a so called 'Creative Game'. This means that you get dropped in a 'sandbox' (a game which never ends, with no clear goal) and you can let your fantasy and imagination flow freely. This creates a very relaxed environment. Coupled with working together on massive buildings, this makes for very clear positive interaction between the members.
But not only is there clear interaction between members... There's also the advantage that people don't have to travel to a certain place to meet, which also saves on time, cost and effort. Also, Minecraft is a quite 'easy' game in means of controls. The only buttons which you mostly use, are the mouse buttons, the movement keys and the inventory key. Next to an easy-to-use interface, the game also requires hardly any prior knowledge. You need to learn some things about Minecraft though once you play it. It is also available for most platforms, which makes it also not bound with a certain operating system, for instance windows. All this makes Minecraft very accessible.
Rounding stuff up
I think that it is clear now why Minecraft is a very useful tool for teambuilding. I've been pioneering teambuilding in Minecraft together with some others. But many people don't know that they're also pioneers in it. Virtually everyone who has played on an online server, and worked together with people, has been doing this. Many friendships have been created, and many more will be created in Minecraft.
Thanks for reading!
Roberto
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Begun the internet wars have
Link to tweet
Welcome to this blogpost! I'm going to tell today about some recent developments. Recently, the internet is becoming an ever more hostile place. First, we'll take a trip back into history.
Back to the future
For many of us (including me), a situation like we currently have in the world has only been described in history books. It was a period of fear against certain population groups, increased violence around the world, and more. This caused the free world to collapse more and more into oppression. This has also been described in the movie V for Vendetta.
Many people don't ever want this to happen, but lets take a look what is happening currently...
The current situation
We currently have alot of violence in the world, alot of fear and hatred against certain minority groups and more. This has allowed the rulers to draw attention away from less-popular measures. This isn't exactly new. What is new though, is that we recently had a period of very extensive liberties, caused by the internet. This has learned groups of people to really form free opinions.
This has endangered certain groups with power, and they have been moving against the internet for some time now. They just needed a reason to start to move against it in public. There have been 3 reasons recently which they have used:
1. Terrorism.
2. Illicit forms of filesharing.
3. Wikileaks.
We'll have a look at what's happening now.
What's happening now
- Currently, governments and certain corporations are slowly making more and more civil rights breaches.
- Civil rights also get gradually eroded.
- Fear and hate is stimulated throughout western countries through various means and entities.
- Outlets for free speech and activism are attacked through various means (bad publicity, DDoS, etc) in increasing intensity.
There's more happening, which I don't know at the moment.
Well, rounding stuff up, this is basically what I wanted to tell.
I would advise everyone to form their own opinions about this, and act accordingly.
Cheers,
Roberto
PS: Expect more about this soon!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Using games as a way to foster cooperation
Hello everyone,
it's been a while since my most recent blog post. This time, I want to tell you about a way to foster cooperation in teams (and outside teams) in a quite unique way.
Introduction
The original project had been set up to serve as a way to foster friendships. The tool which was used? A game called Minecraft.
Minecraft is a very accessible game, which can be played both in casual and hardcore ways. In the game, there are no set goals. You can mine resources, process them into tools and construction materials, and build stuff with those materials. As you can see in the previous 2 links, there have quite alot of things been built in Minecraft so far.
Seeing the relaxed atmosphere this game generally has, I thought that it could be used for fostering friendship. I discovered later on, that this game can be used for many more constructive things.
I will firstly explain the history, and later on how it works.
The first steps
My first inspiration from this project came from a certain server of a big community.
Together with some friends, we started exploring the concept on our own server. Quickly, we discovered that it was a very excellent way. Unfortunately, after a few weeks, the server got griefed (sometimes purposefully) and large areas of the landscape were destroyed.
After this, I started thinking of making this concept really work.
Getting concrete details
The first quest was to look for anti griefing tools. These were quickly found. This was all tested on a private server hosted by Mick 'Micknator' van Rhee, a good friend of me. There, we laid the advanced framework for later stages.
This includes some big structures, finalizing the concept (mostly done by me) and seeking a place for hosting. Eventually, all of these things were done.
The last thing needed was a thorough test of the concept in a real situation. This was achieved at the beginning of November.
Finalizing the concept
The concept was practically fully finalized. It only needed a real test. This was done on the server hosted by the Piratenpartij (which is a continuation of the server hosted by Micknator, with some improvements). The concept was finally tested, and completed successfully by me (Roberto 'Robske' Moretti), a person who goes by the name of 'Squarc' on Minecraft, and last but not least, Remon 'Knudde95' Engels.
The server can be found at minecraft.piratenpartij.nl!
The project fostered friendships indeed, together with providing with further minor adjustments to the plan. I will now explain the 2 ways of how you can run these projects.
The centralized method
The centralized method is way to simulate real project groups with a project leader. The team consists of one or more project leaders, together with at least as many 'workers'. The task of the project leader(s) is to coordinate the project. They have all the blueprints of the object to build. They may not give the workers these blueprints directly. Instead, they must communicate the blueprints verbally or with sketches of parts of the blueprint towards the workers. Each worker is responsible for his part of the blueprint. The project leaders monitor the entire project.
This way of simulating projects works the best for companies or for teams with a clear leadership. The more decentralized organizations have a different way of approaching these things.
The decentralized method
This method is quite exact the opposite of the centralized method. In this method, the blueprints are available to everyone (if there are blueprints!). At the same time, everyone is worker and project leader at the same time. It's the entire team's responsibility to make the project successful. This makes for a very organic way of getting the project finished. It can also make it so that worlds really evolve (as they do on most Minecraft servers).
This way of carrying out the project works the best for organizations with no clear leadership. They train people in taking responsibility.
The advantages of fostering cooperation this way
Both ways of doing projects in Minecraft have similar advantages. I will list these here:
- It is a relaxed environment: There's hardly any stress, hardly any pressure. This makes people more motivated to work on these projects. Together with that, the results are visible in very early stages (Oh this thing is very huge!).
- It's easily accessible: Minecraft doesn't require much learning. You can already construct wonderful things after your first day!
- Big structures do amaze people: If your team has built a big structure (as was the case with the Venator), it will not only surprise your team members if you make it public, but also the entire world! This can be an extra motivation for the team members to cooperate.
- Can promote your organization: Projects like done on the Dutch Pirate Party server, can promote your organization very well. Especially if the world is public.
- Minecraft worlds can communicate messages: You can easily build messages into worlds, sometimes explicit (texts on signs) or implicit (for the case of the Dutch Pirate Party server, it was that content owned by others can easily be replicated by others).
- Minecraft can relax: You can use Minecraft as a way to get your team members relaxed and ready to keep working hard on your project!
Rounding stuff up
This was it for today. I want to thank everyone for reading this article! If you have comments about this article, or want to do suggestions, you can contact me here.
Cheers,
Roberto Moretti
it's been a while since my most recent blog post. This time, I want to tell you about a way to foster cooperation in teams (and outside teams) in a quite unique way.
Introduction
The original project had been set up to serve as a way to foster friendships. The tool which was used? A game called Minecraft.
Minecraft is a very accessible game, which can be played both in casual and hardcore ways. In the game, there are no set goals. You can mine resources, process them into tools and construction materials, and build stuff with those materials. As you can see in the previous 2 links, there have quite alot of things been built in Minecraft so far.
Seeing the relaxed atmosphere this game generally has, I thought that it could be used for fostering friendship. I discovered later on, that this game can be used for many more constructive things.
I will firstly explain the history, and later on how it works.
The first steps
My first inspiration from this project came from a certain server of a big community.
Together with some friends, we started exploring the concept on our own server. Quickly, we discovered that it was a very excellent way. Unfortunately, after a few weeks, the server got griefed (sometimes purposefully) and large areas of the landscape were destroyed.
After this, I started thinking of making this concept really work.
Getting concrete details
The first quest was to look for anti griefing tools. These were quickly found. This was all tested on a private server hosted by Mick 'Micknator' van Rhee, a good friend of me. There, we laid the advanced framework for later stages.
This includes some big structures, finalizing the concept (mostly done by me) and seeking a place for hosting. Eventually, all of these things were done.
The last thing needed was a thorough test of the concept in a real situation. This was achieved at the beginning of November.
Finalizing the concept
The concept was practically fully finalized. It only needed a real test. This was done on the server hosted by the Piratenpartij (which is a continuation of the server hosted by Micknator, with some improvements). The concept was finally tested, and completed successfully by me (Roberto 'Robske' Moretti), a person who goes by the name of 'Squarc' on Minecraft, and last but not least, Remon 'Knudde95' Engels.
The server can be found at minecraft.piratenpartij.nl!
The project fostered friendships indeed, together with providing with further minor adjustments to the plan. I will now explain the 2 ways of how you can run these projects.
The centralized method
The centralized method is way to simulate real project groups with a project leader. The team consists of one or more project leaders, together with at least as many 'workers'. The task of the project leader(s) is to coordinate the project. They have all the blueprints of the object to build. They may not give the workers these blueprints directly. Instead, they must communicate the blueprints verbally or with sketches of parts of the blueprint towards the workers. Each worker is responsible for his part of the blueprint. The project leaders monitor the entire project.
This way of simulating projects works the best for companies or for teams with a clear leadership. The more decentralized organizations have a different way of approaching these things.
The decentralized method
This method is quite exact the opposite of the centralized method. In this method, the blueprints are available to everyone (if there are blueprints!). At the same time, everyone is worker and project leader at the same time. It's the entire team's responsibility to make the project successful. This makes for a very organic way of getting the project finished. It can also make it so that worlds really evolve (as they do on most Minecraft servers).
This way of carrying out the project works the best for organizations with no clear leadership. They train people in taking responsibility.
The advantages of fostering cooperation this way
Both ways of doing projects in Minecraft have similar advantages. I will list these here:
- It is a relaxed environment: There's hardly any stress, hardly any pressure. This makes people more motivated to work on these projects. Together with that, the results are visible in very early stages (Oh this thing is very huge!).
- It's easily accessible: Minecraft doesn't require much learning. You can already construct wonderful things after your first day!
- Big structures do amaze people: If your team has built a big structure (as was the case with the Venator), it will not only surprise your team members if you make it public, but also the entire world! This can be an extra motivation for the team members to cooperate.
- Can promote your organization: Projects like done on the Dutch Pirate Party server, can promote your organization very well. Especially if the world is public.
- Minecraft worlds can communicate messages: You can easily build messages into worlds, sometimes explicit (texts on signs) or implicit (for the case of the Dutch Pirate Party server, it was that content owned by others can easily be replicated by others).
- Minecraft can relax: You can use Minecraft as a way to get your team members relaxed and ready to keep working hard on your project!
Rounding stuff up
This was it for today. I want to thank everyone for reading this article! If you have comments about this article, or want to do suggestions, you can contact me here.
Cheers,
Roberto Moretti
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