From: earharta@sdsc.edu (Alan Earhart)
Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Subject: Re: Please
Date: 29 Aug 92 07:52:07 GMT
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In article 24581@dsd.es.com, rjones@itchy.dsd.es.com (Ray Jones - Perp) writes:
>In article <1992Aug29.034124.26332@colorado.edu> sherod@newton.Colorado.EDU (Scott Herod) writes:

(some things deleted)

>>My plea is that when you pick up armies and send out a distress
>>(only twice please) tell us which planet you plan to go to and 
>>then arrive there soon after your escort.  
>
>Two means you're in trouble.  One means I'd like escort.  One also can be
>just an update.
>
>More to the point, everyone, without fail, should send a Distress call when
>they pick up, or at the end of a string of pick ups (when you've just went
>from one planet to another to accumulate more.)  There is nothing, I think,
>that makes me more Angry! than for someone to pick up and not tell the
>team.   For the past while, I've been adopting the MUCUS PIG approach.  One
>offense, remind them to send distress calls.  Two, call them and idiot,
>repeat until they respond in some way.  Three, tell the other team when
>that person picks up, help them kill him.  It's *far*better* that he have
>no kills than that your team lose 3 armies.  Callous? yes.  Effective?
>Very. 

I like this approach.  If someone continues to do something after you
explain to them why they shouldn't then get out the big guns!

What I really dislike are people that scream and 'yell' crap all during
the game.  Hey, there are a lot of inexperienced players out there.  If
you are on a team that is pissing you off because of the lack of clue, then
QUIT and cruise to another game.  I was in a game recently where a player
was directing the team and getting our attention by sending messages all
in caps.  While I think that it was effective (sets it off from
the other posts) I didn't like how the person was doing it.  For example,
I did something stupid and instead of just telling me, he posted to the
team board : 'THANKS XX NOW DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE'. Excuse me?  At the time
I didn't know what I had done.  When I found out I didn't do it anymore.
No fuss, no muss.  Another time there was a person firing obscenities every
couple of minutes to the team about how bad we were.  Jeeezzzz, take a lude!
HELLO HELLO, ITS A GAME.....TRY AND HAVE FUN.

In a different game Thurs night, on Calvin, one of the players was directing
our team without stressing (nah, couldn't be!).  It probably was a little
frustrating at times but it made the game really fun!  People were sending
messages back and forth and from team to team.  There seemed to be a desire
not just to win but to have an enjoyable game.  It was a nice change.

Yeah, yeah.. If someone is pissing me off I can just as well quit and find
another game.  I stay for one of two reasons:

   1) I want to show that I'm not a clueless idiot.
   2) Maybe I can really get the stress-monster pissed! ;)

>>Mad DDogg
>
>--
>                                          rjones@dsd.es.com


Alan                      earharta@sdsc.edu
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