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[Discuss] Organising Adventurers - intended or not?

James TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Jan 2 18:38:22 CET 2007


Timothy Collett wrote:
>
> While the principle is sound, the practice is...ah...impractical.
>
> People won't change.  They will continue to want to powergame, and 
> micromanage, and circumvent.  *They will continue to want to win the 
> game.*
>
> Yes, we can institute harsher rules, and bolt anyone who even thinks 
> about putting a foot out of line, but that'll only drive off people 
> who aren't doing anything wrong, and get punished anyway.
>
> Unless we're willing to make treating the disease our full-time jobs, 
> we're not going to be very successful at it.  The best we'll be able 
> to achieve is people grumbling about not being able to do things they 
> feel like they should be able to.
>
> Changing code is a LOT easier than changing people.
>
> Timothy Collett
> Anaris Family
I like the suggestion of the big sign saying "DON'T MICROMANAGE" in the 
most obnoxious fluorescent letters Tom can find.


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