Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:29 am
Look, I'm trying to intimidate everyone in a sense that they need to be really active if they care about their team. I consider it a fusion of paranoia and passion. I'm afraid that if people on my own team don't do well, we're out of the running. If people from other teams REALLY care about their team, they need to find ways to motivate other people on that team to raise their game. I use intimidation as it fits well for Darigan Citadel, which is generally depicted as the "bad guy."
I want people to put forth enough effort that we can make sure we win. A team is not one person and if all of the members on the team don't contribute, then it becomes hurtful to their overall performance. After Round 1, quite a few popular teams bit the dust because of player apathy. A passionate individual whose care and concern for their team seems a little too intense to be healthy is needed to take up the charge and attempt to catalyze his teammates into an effective force.
Plus, we've heard that those who help drive their team for it all get cool prizes. I want to be able to say that I did EVERYTHING I could to help my team lead onward to victory.
But, yeah, perhaps I have gotten TOO caught up in the whole thing. I can't admit it, though, until it's all over. If DC makes it past Round 2, I'll probably lose it, not to mention if we go to the finals. I'm going to the NeoBoards now to start something for DC.
I want people to put forth enough effort that we can make sure we win. A team is not one person and if all of the members on the team don't contribute, then it becomes hurtful to their overall performance. After Round 1, quite a few popular teams bit the dust because of player apathy. A passionate individual whose care and concern for their team seems a little too intense to be healthy is needed to take up the charge and attempt to catalyze his teammates into an effective force.
Plus, we've heard that those who help drive their team for it all get cool prizes. I want to be able to say that I did EVERYTHING I could to help my team lead onward to victory.
But, yeah, perhaps I have gotten TOO caught up in the whole thing. I can't admit it, though, until it's all over. If DC makes it past Round 2, I'll probably lose it, not to mention if we go to the finals. I'm going to the NeoBoards now to start something for DC.
Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:48 am
I was switched from Altador to Mystery Island in a glitch... or something, before round 1 started, and am thankful for it! But I too think that MI will have a LOT of dead wait, becuase they did the best.
If someone was really dedicated to a team, a didn't care about prizes, or points, they could switch to another team, and make them looooose by looooosing something like, 100 games 15-0.
If someone was really dedicated to a team, a didn't care about prizes, or points, they could switch to another team, and make them looooose by looooosing something like, 100 games 15-0.
Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:32 am
Shadow_Twisted wrote:Look, I'm trying to intimidate everyone in a sense that they need to be really active if they care about their team. I consider it a fusion of paranoia and passion. I'm afraid that if people on my own team don't do well, we're out of the running. If people from other teams REALLY care about their team, they need to find ways to motivate other people on that team to raise their game. I use intimidation as it fits well for Darigan Citadel, which is generally depicted as the "bad guy."
I want people to put forth enough effort that we can make sure we win. A team is not one person and if all of the members on the team don't contribute, then it becomes hurtful to their overall performance. After Round 1, quite a few popular teams bit the dust because of player apathy. A passionate individual whose care and concern for their team seems a little too intense to be healthy is needed to take up the charge and attempt to catalyze his teammates into an effective force.
Plus, we've heard that those who help drive their team for it all get cool prizes. I want to be able to say that I did EVERYTHING I could to help my team lead onward to victory.
But, yeah, perhaps I have gotten TOO caught up in the whole thing. I can't admit it, though, until it's all over. If DC makes it past Round 2, I'll probably lose it, not to mention if we go to the finals. I'm going to the NeoBoards now to start something for DC.
Yes, you are too caught up in it. I don't see at all how intimidation is going to help anything - especially since we're all human beings, not typical bad-guys-from-Darigan-Citadel story book characters.
Yes, I REALLY care about my team and winning, but I also care about passing my English, painting and design assessments, getting an after school and weekend job on top of keeping the babysitting clients I have, having something of a social life and keeping up a good leadership in Girls Brigade (while also planning a fun night). I'm not trying to shout out I have a life you don't, and I'm not saying the prizes aren't worth anything - after all, anyone who says it's just a few pixels is wrong; if you do it all yourself there *is* a sense of accomplishment there.
What I'm saying is that it's a fun thing for me to do, not a lifetime's worth of accomplishment that I need to stay up until the early hours of the morning for (hey, I like my sleep!
). And I'm quite sure it's the same for many other people.
Saying that, I doubt any of them want to be intimidated either, and you might put several people off from playing instead.
Yeah, you can do stuff like that if you want to, I'm not angry for it, but do be careful when you go about it - it could come across several people wrong and you'd end up causing more trouble than it's worth.
Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:55 am
anjuna wrote:That's not funny to me. Especially since you (and I) were "originally" on Faerieland, weren't you? I would say it is evidence there was a huge mistake somewhere along the line.
Well, it was actually a bit of a "sarcastic funny"... I also think it's completely unfair to see a well-supported and great team as Faerieland leave the competition with an insanely low score... But with this remark, it's like they don't even care about Faerieland, it's like we even weren't on the team, it doesn't exist for them... so funny in that kind of way
On another note, my 3 people in the staff tournament went through to the next round, didn't think that would happen
Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:16 pm
come on ecstacy, i don't see anything wrong with Shadow_Twisted's sentiment, he just wants his team to win. i didn't get any aggressive overtones from his post, he just cares passionately about his team. there's no need to get offended by it, just start rooting for your team (if the mood takes you) and let him root for his. i care about DC winning too and i'm in full time work and at uni at the same time, i'll be the first to admit that i'm not the most vocal but i don't mock others for caring.
anyways, i'm not having a go at you either
but everyone should remember not to take everything else says to heart
anyways, i'm not having a go at you either
but everyone should remember not to take everything else says to heart
Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:12 pm
The way see it, it's a game. Games have the purpose of entertainment. The more you get 'cought up' in them, the more potential for entertainment they gain.
Me, I'm too much of a nihilist to match Shadow's levels of fanaticism, but it's all good. Treat it like roleplaying or something. It's what I do with real life sports fanatics, I see them as LARPers and they become funny rather than annoying.
Me, I'm too much of a nihilist to match Shadow's levels of fanaticism, but it's all good. Treat it like roleplaying or something. It's what I do with real life sports fanatics, I see them as LARPers and they become funny rather than annoying.
Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:03 pm
Never mind (thought my service was done for!)! I realize what happened now. I said about having a little contest to see who could get the most wins for DC on the NeoBoards. I didn't mean it in the sense that they took it to mean. I just wanted to have a positive way to motivate people to play and had never intended for prizes to be awarded.
Is there a way I can do anything about the warning I got? Explain what I said as to how I intended the message to come across. Perhaps in the future I should watch my wording. I would've said about how there weren't going to be prizes, but didn't have room because I thought I could have a message like this one on there.
Is there a way I can do anything about the warning I got? Explain what I said as to how I intended the message to come across. Perhaps in the future I should watch my wording. I would've said about how there weren't going to be prizes, but didn't have room because I thought I could have a message like this one on there.