Shattered Kingdoms

Yes. Staffers have been guilty of this, as well. It's very difficult (especially for new imms) to foresee every possible angle and outcome and either pre-plan for them or adjust an ongoing event on the spot. Ideally, that would happen every time. We do try to allow the players to be ultimately responsible for the outcomes of GRPs, and with every event he or she runs, an individual staffer gets more adept at doing just that.

I know exactly who it was in reference to, I just don't like that it was said. I may have been taking it too far by my last comment, but I stand by the spirit of the comment. No staff member, Big D or not, should say that to a player. Especially one who has been playing the game a long time and DOES contribute to the game IC. So shame on any staff who feels that way and expresses it in a public manner.

Chris

Are you and everyone else talking about the same OA? Just wondering. I mean, I think that the staff should seek to please players as best as possible and not drive them away, but OA is probably one of the most obstinate and frustrating players sometimes. I, for one, am infinitely impressed that Dulrik hasn't cracked and murdered the guy yet for some of the stuff he says.

We derail this anymore and D's gonna lock the thread I fear.
Arelgama, nobody here thinks that an imm should have a negative attitude toward the pbase, and it is not the case here. But surely you've heard the axiom about bad apples. There are some you just can't do anything with except make applesauce.

This is a common misconception that stems from a misunderstanding of resource and time management. If you are in sales, for instance, and you have a small subset of your customers that takes up an inordinate amount of your time, but the rest of your customers are easier to deal with and take virtually none of your time to maintain, you are better off discarding the time-intensive customers and spending the time you have freed up on finding a new crop of more easygoing customers or giving your other customers better service. If they migrate to your competitor, now your competitor gets to deal with a new headache and it's really not your problem anymore. The same principle applies to SK. If there is a player who is a massive nuisance or constant rule-breaker, you are better off just getting rid of him than you are trying to please him. I am not saying OA is such a player - I have no idea either way - I am just pointing out this clichéd notion that you should bend over backwards to please difficult people is inaccurate.

No one at SK is entitled to anything. If you play SK, you accept the that there are immortals who serve as game masters. If you don't like them or their judgment, too bad.

I recognize that OA has problems communicating with the staff and all that, but OA is a HUGE help for me and others IC and has a lot to contribute to the game. That aside, I am not upset with the animosity they share, I am upset that an IMM would say that on the open forums. To me, it gives an air of its my way or the high way and you can get on or off the train for all I care. Just my two cents.

Chris

Well. The imms are trying to run the game the way dulrik wants it ran. In essence they are an extension of dulrik. So if he has a problem with the rules time and time again. The yes he should find a mud that meets his demanding requirements. No imm should be hassled for anything they do under fair judgement.

Wow! Not sure what part of, this isn't about OA, everyone isn't understanding. This, for me, was about the comment in general, not who it was or wasn't directed at...

Chris

I have no idea what this means. This is almost an Orome-ism.

This thread makes me lol. I could only think of this in response to the immspiracy.