Re: eeps?

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

If it'll get folks to help me write all this stuff up, I'm all over it. =)
I have gotten a considerable number of volunteers, but still a few
more definately would not hurt.(note this is what is known as the
unsubtle hint club)  I like the idea.

Wright


> 
> Hey, just had a thought. I was pondering how to get material put
> together faster (notoriously too busy to do anything myself) and
> thought "Hey! What if I give a few people eeps to write some stuff
> up for me?" Then I thought that could be adapted in a more generalized
> environment. Setting coordinators could reward people (players) for
> writing up stuff. Obviously you need to put in some parameters such
> as it has to be good (coordinator's opinion) and actually usable
> (obviously I have no use for a detailed writeup of Liston's finest
> bar).
> 
> Dan is already giving GMs eeps for pre-approved adventure writeups
> (I know at least one person has availed themselves of this a lot).
> This is a minor step forward and might serve to get players even
> more interested in the development of their setting. Since you can't
> have a player in the know too much, player writeups would pretty
> much be limited to surface items, but GMs could be rewarded in a like
> fashion if they contribute to a setting.
> 
> I really don't think this would be abused because the writeup
> concept isn't now. A quick lot of eeps for just giving Dan the
> writeup that you had to do anyway? Come on. Its not happening
> because GMs don't actually have writeups (too lazy, too busy,
> etc...). The same will apply here. And you can be selective as
> hell about what you accept as material. But I bet you get at 
> least a little bit of good stuff.
> 
> 						-Steve
>