the MMO developer should work closely with CBS to develop 'open ended' Star Trek T.V. storyline content with the Star Trek:Online MMO in mind. That through the MMO, subscribers could help resolve open ended storylines whose outcomes could be presented in 'some way', in future shows..thus making subscriber actions canon.

In follow up interviews, the future looked bright for this proposal .  I hope whomever does continue STO considers this again. One psychological aspect of the Star Trek fan is the need to be in control of creating series content. Since everyone can not be in control,put all the fans in Starfleet (or other) in the MMO and let them have an individual stake in the outcomes of open-ended ended events.
 
- Season 'cliff-hangers' . Opportunities to set up a situations and let the online subscribers  deal with it.

example: Season ending event. The Romulans attack.  After the season ending episode shows the Romulans attacking, the same situation will take place in the MMO.  The subscribers will have a limited time to deal with this situation before the next season starts.  The writers and producers at the studios will base storline resolutions on subscriber outcomes.
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Is working closely with a MMO developer good for CBS and the producers of the NEXT TREK?

Using todays 'in-game, filming/directors/ tools', would it be more efficient for special effects departments, directors, post production staff, etc to 'film' sequences of Star Trek:Online events instead of creating all shots from scratch.   Clean up all film-work in post production or use as a template. 

-no more 'matte shots': Instead of matte paintings or creating costly CGI shots of cities, bases, etc for scenes from scratch, use the same filming tools to gather that info from within the Star Trek:Online. MMO

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Mr. Juliano just pointed out more people were logged into World of Warcraft than were watching the Oscars.
It speak volumes about people wanting something more interactive.

As of this time no TV series has launched a MMO tie in.   Star Trek is all about 'firsts' and it should be the first to do this.

etc. etc. etc.
(( These ideas were presented In the first interview Perpetual's Executive Producer, Daron Stinnett did with Hailing Frequency))
--Kinn

The problem with this idea is that you have just created a TV show that is tailored to a realitively small community, rather then the mass of Star Trek fans around the world.

Thats not to say that we couldnt have honorable mentions of starships, locations, and actions by individuals mentioned in some way, but I think a direct tie from TV to MMO and MMO to TV would not be very popular when trying to appeal a Star Trek show to none gaming Star Trek Fans.

I'd think the resulting Trek show would still appear as a normal Star Trek series, so I don't see why it would not appeal to non-gamer Star Trek fans.

I really love the idea for what it is. I allways did since I first heard of this idea over at STOnet (still drying my tears for it having vaporized itself now, sniff).

However, I really have my doubts about it being implemented for the following reasons:

First the most obvious - STO is or is not in development, or is it? Or not? A new TV show is definatly not! Not at the moment. Lets say Cryptic has the license or another ominous "Bay Area Developer". It will take them a few years to make a running game, without Perpetuals code.
In the meantime they could talk to CBS and perhaps, who knows, talk them into doing a new series. The trouble I see is this:
CBS then would have to develop a new show together with the new developer. Thats something any sane TV-Network would feel very uneasy about. So many people talking and so many different needs and ideas - the Network, the Producers, the advertising Companies and now also some MMO Developers and their creative staff and Marketing Freaks.
Thes are conditions driving every half sane script author mad.

Then, as a poster before me has allready pointed out: The most important scripts and stories of that new TV-Show would have to be pitched and outlined far far in advance, to make the game tie in possible, as long as the game should not be a year behind.
Thats not the way TV works, I am afraid. For a TV-show you make a very rough story outline. You write the pilot episode and you collect some very rough ideas for further episodes (just a few lines long).
When the pilot aires, the creative team makes usable scripts from the ideas. Some make it to the screen, some are spaired for a possible second season or get totally changed, others are skipped entirely. In this process it is helpfull and vital for the scriptwriters to have as much freedom as possible. One of the major problems of VOY and ENT was the huge load of canon, that restricted the story writers in this freedom. You may agree on the extent or not, but you cant ignore the fact, that creative people simply hate a certain ammount of restrictions.

The only way I see is, that the game would be behind the TV show. At least a year. So, to take an example: Players would defend earth against the Borg at Wolf 359, while this event is past for the TNG charakters allready.

I cant judge though wether this delay would corrupt the tie-in-idea just a little or entirely.

Hmmm...so along with a horrible game, that will never be released, you want a horrible TV show that will tie into it making both even worse?

Count me in!