Re: A note from your friendly neighborhood Devil's Advocate

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

Who has left because of this 'attitude' that you bring up?  Not that
I pay huge amounts of attention to who shows and who doesn't show, but
from what I've heard, the majority of people who no longer show up are
because of work related responsiblities.


Wright

> Now, Jevan, before you get your bowels in an uproar, I was referring
> to the overall trend, and more specifically, to the major cause of people
> leaving (or only playing sporadically).  That combined with the lower
> sustained turn out from the newbie games bodes poorly for the club.
> Since I have not had the time to be involved with the current or last
> year's newbie game, I am trying to stem the flow from the main pool.
> Certainly, many of the players who no longer show up (or only show
> up occasionally) have real-world excuses for this.  However, I still
> maintain that for the majority (regardless of real-world excuse or not)
> the overall flavor of the gaming experience these past two years or so
> has left a poor taste in their mouth and little or no reason to return.
> 
> Do you understand my point now?  It had little to do with the newbies
> and more to do with the gaming experience for the rest of the club.
> 
> Lyle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jevan Furmanski [SMTP:furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu]
> 
> If you are referring to the drop in participation in the newbie games last
> year, (from 17 to what?)  that had nothing to do with the main body of the
> club, and I most certainly was surprised to hear the final number that
> actually came to the Saturday game.  This year's group has only been
> influenced positively by the club (I was there helping with character gen,
> then left) and I really don't see your point about newbies not showing up
> because of the power gamers.  I talked to several of the newbies in person
> and the usual response was "I've never played something this complex
> before."  This would be the major reason for low turn out, or repeat turn
> out, and it can hardly be blamed on the main body of the club, but on the
> gms that set their view of the game from the beginning.
> 
> Jevan
> 
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