@Ganymede Well, there a few schools of thought on most MU.
- IC Authority figures should be either staff PCs or played by staff-approved players to control how plot is driven, but then these PCs always have a crazy amount of plot armor.
- IC authority figures can be played within each faction, but only factions who support staff-driven plot direction get the most attention.
- No one's in charge ICly, but staff plot will likely still determine pass/fail on plot-centric actions
In all cases it's still pretty smart to follow along with staff wishes, because there are very few MUs where staff don't have some "plot vision" in mind and will let the chimps determine what happens to the zoo.
It's also very smart in any case to stay on staff's good side via what information is seen by staff. I rarely have seen someone who staff reviled still getting equal unbiased results compared to people who cheerlead staff.