Alright, it is time for a more serious discussion.
I've been in contact with Ariel recently. I asked to put our diffirences aside and if he'd be interested to join the team IF you guys agree.
So: the first thing we need to get straight is, would you be okay with having Ariel back on the team? He left the team in the past, mainly because he thought we were not organised enough, and we all didn't agree with him at the time.
He sent me this PM today:
Quote:(Ariel)
so iv been thinking
and i decided ill be glad to join, but only if u let me organize things until the last detail
i must say if u will decided to allow me join
i wouldnt be able to give 100% of my time as im near the end of the last year of school so i need to push my studies.. >.<
As you can understand, I can't say 'yea sure!' to that message right away. It might change everything, including the fun we have working on this project if it were to turn out bad. I think we should only let him do the organisation if we talk the changed organisation through before decisions are made.
So: we could let him try if you guys are cool with it. I think we really need another spriter on our team to speed up the progress a bit, and I think he's actually right about some things.
So, it's kind of a hard decicion.. We need another spriter and Ariel is a very good one, but he wants to do everything his way and I'm afraid he's less democratic than me

I wouldn't want to work on a mod without being able to decide on things as a group.
I was thinking about sending him the following reply:
Quote:Nobody can give 100% of their time, that is a major problem at this moment as it makes progress very slow
About letting you organise everything.. as much as I'd like to have you on the team, I am not sure. It would really depend on how you want to organise everything. Except for you, everyone was satisfied with how I organised the project. I'd like to let you try, if:
- it doesn't spoil the fun of working on this project;
- decisions are talked through in the team and not it doesn't change into a dictatorship of some kind
so basically, we might not agree with you all the time and that should be okay;
- you don't change the current structure completely as it would cause confusion (more specifically: the topics should remain and the basic structure in those topics should remain the same, but you can name what details you want to fill out)
I really need your opinions on this. Can he join, if yes then under what circumstances, what should I reply?
I will only let Ariel join if you guys think it's a good idea. So I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on this as soon as possible, so I can send a reply