The more things change...
Oct. 15th, 2009 09:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadedmusingsThere's this player in Triumph who I've known since the Guild Perilous days, and I know of him via other sources. He came up this morning while discussing the possibility of another cull in Triumph between another GM and me. Here's how things usually play out:
GM Team: "We're going to do a cull. If you're under level X by Y date, we're removing you from the active players' list. Contact us and let us know when you can play."
Player: "Don't cut me! I can play! Here, I'll be here on X, Y, and Z dates!"
GM Team: "Fine, you're spared."
* Player does the bare minimum to survive the cull, then disappears again.
Nice GM: "Hey, um, I notice you're falling behind again. Can you make X session at Y time? I'm doing this specifically for you."
Player: "If you make it after nine, sure. I'll be there."
Nice GM: "Done."
* Player doesn't show.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
And it's not just Triumph. This person did this in a non-guild game as well if memory serves. (There are four of you who know who this is, three of whom were in that non-guild game with him.) We're probably going to be culling again soon, and I'm betting he's going to pop up out of the blue again and claim he still wants to play.
Man, I swear I could write a whole series of posts about the different types of players and how none of them have really changed since I've known them.
GM Team: "We're going to do a cull. If you're under level X by Y date, we're removing you from the active players' list. Contact us and let us know when you can play."
Player: "Don't cut me! I can play! Here, I'll be here on X, Y, and Z dates!"
GM Team: "Fine, you're spared."
* Player does the bare minimum to survive the cull, then disappears again.
Nice GM: "Hey, um, I notice you're falling behind again. Can you make X session at Y time? I'm doing this specifically for you."
Player: "If you make it after nine, sure. I'll be there."
Nice GM: "Done."
* Player doesn't show.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
And it's not just Triumph. This person did this in a non-guild game as well if memory serves. (There are four of you who know who this is, three of whom were in that non-guild game with him.) We're probably going to be culling again soon, and I'm betting he's going to pop up out of the blue again and claim he still wants to play.
Man, I swear I could write a whole series of posts about the different types of players and how none of them have really changed since I've known them.
