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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 5464707" data-attributes="member: 99">I used to feel the same way about XP as a tool for encouraging certain activities.&nbsp; Then I came to understand that the &quot;Casual Gamer&quot; in the group, who hated being thrust into the spotlight, was never going to change his personality because of how I handed out XP.&nbsp; Instead he was simply going to fall behind the rest of the group by not playing in such a way as to gather maximum XP.&nbsp; And that was alienating him even more and the guy was a good friend so why was I doing that?I also dropped the notion of missing out on XP for missing the game session because people almost never miss our games because they'd rather be doing something else.&nbsp; They miss our games because they are required to do something else.&nbsp; So they are already being penalized by not being there and there's really no point in me trying to encourage good attendance.&nbsp; If there is any possible way for them to be gaming then they will be there.I'm not saying that people who give out XP for those reasons are &quot;doing it wrong&quot;.&nbsp; But I simply came to understand that it was providing no benefit to&nbsp; our group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 5464707, member: 99"] I used to feel the same way about XP as a tool for encouraging certain activities. Then I came to understand that the "Casual Gamer" in the group, who hated being thrust into the spotlight, was never going to change his personality because of how I handed out XP. Instead he was simply going to fall behind the rest of the group by not playing in such a way as to gather maximum XP. And that was alienating him even more and the guy was a good friend so why was I doing that? I also dropped the notion of missing out on XP for missing the game session because people almost never miss our games because they'd rather be doing something else. They miss our games because they are required to do something else. So they are already being penalized by not being there and there's really no point in me trying to encourage good attendance. If there is any possible way for them to be gaming then they will be there. I'm not saying that people who give out XP for those reasons are "doing it wrong". But I simply came to understand that it was providing no benefit to our group. [/QUOTE]

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