My point is, who decides the outcome?
I mean based on this... the most important position in the entire game to have or control... is that of game moderator.
Anyway, Laki, you have hit the nail on the head exactly! This is why being GM is scrutinized much more than being president in some ways and why we have always tried to appoint responsible people, Crane being an aberration. As YT has just helpfully demonstrated, they decide what is and isn't happening in the wider world of the game. With great power et cetera!
The good news stories are always for the same people and stories and the bad news stories are also for the same people over & over again.
Storylines do, indeed, work this way. Everything was going swimmingly for the Greenland effort until secession got in the way, then everything spiraled for them. We write far fewer “bad news stories” than would happen in an RL event of this magnitude.
You can accuse us of “personal bias” or you can accuse others of trying to influence us. Not both at once.
Among other news, Princess Bubblegum was put on trial for human rights abuses. The GM team needs to have a follow up to that!