I remember JC the Builder from the old uopowergamers site, I think he wrote some pretty awesome essays for them and regularly posted on their boards if I remember correctly. When I came back to UO last year that was the first place I went (sorry Stratics) only to be horrified to see its now basically inactive and hardly ever updated
However, when people started telling me about uoguide and that JC was its architect I knew immediately it would be a great source for all my powergaming needs, and indeed it has been!
Praise and personal anecdotes aside, here is a question for JC: if the developers approached you for ideas on what to do about factions, what ideas would you have for them?