07-05-2017, 06:32 PM
While I love you for running the event, out of your own time, I do feel that this DA was left far too unfinished. The design left far too many holes that I knew were going to get fixed the moment you realised, but frankly, I could see most of the problems miles off. I didn't want to say as such or tell you how to run it, because it felt disrespectful. However, I do feel it contributed to what ended up being a really salty game.
Unfortunately being part of it, that made it near-impossible to fix without having a vested interest in any changes.
Next year I won't be participating, so that I can oversee the design and help give advice while it's going on. I feel I'm uniquely good at design for stat-based PbP RPGs. It might be the one thing I'm better at than anything else. Therefore I could've helped, but I chose to participate instead and so a lot of people got (rightfully) upset about various problems that created an unfair, and oftentimes random playing field. I don't blame anyone for using the rules to their full advantage. But I do blame the system itself for creating salt.
It's all fun and games, but we have a lot of passion for our writing on this site and the time we put in, and I want to respect that, which is why I'll be dipping out next year to help with the design side. I wanna clarify that I take full responsibility as site admin for NOT doing so earlier - I had full opportunity to do so, and I take full responsibility for everything that's allowed to happen on the site. S'why I've been helping out with DD updates, and why I should've helped here as well.
I do have some feelings of my own I'll probably be sharing in another topic, once I've had the time to sort them out in my head.
Unfortunately being part of it, that made it near-impossible to fix without having a vested interest in any changes.
Next year I won't be participating, so that I can oversee the design and help give advice while it's going on. I feel I'm uniquely good at design for stat-based PbP RPGs. It might be the one thing I'm better at than anything else. Therefore I could've helped, but I chose to participate instead and so a lot of people got (rightfully) upset about various problems that created an unfair, and oftentimes random playing field. I don't blame anyone for using the rules to their full advantage. But I do blame the system itself for creating salt.
It's all fun and games, but we have a lot of passion for our writing on this site and the time we put in, and I want to respect that, which is why I'll be dipping out next year to help with the design side. I wanna clarify that I take full responsibility as site admin for NOT doing so earlier - I had full opportunity to do so, and I take full responsibility for everything that's allowed to happen on the site. S'why I've been helping out with DD updates, and why I should've helped here as well.
I do have some feelings of my own I'll probably be sharing in another topic, once I've had the time to sort them out in my head.
Curious about me and the characters I play? See the 'Staff' page! See also the rosters for my characters Samus Aran or Enel if you'd like to see examples of well-formatted rosters. Hope you enjoy the Omniverse!