NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9707740" data-attributes="member: 19675">Mediation takes a cross-disciplinary approach to solving disputes, utilizing mostly understanding of the law and applied psychology/therapy techniques to end conflicts.  Trained mediators learn how do defuse disagreements and direct acrimony into positive advice to (hopefully) help the participants reach an agreement.While the techniques taught are poweful, they’re not a panacea.  The instructors inevitably see their students contemplating how they’re going to use their new set of “Jedi Mind Tricks” to win arguments in their personal lives…and shut it down ASAP.Because the more familiar with each other the parties are, the less effective mediation techniques will be.  There’s an established history in the relationship, and all involved are at least partially aware of pushable buttons & closets full of skeletons.  And depending on the relationship, the stakes and the perceived offenses, people will actively consider using them.  And that can turn a small squabble into an argument covering decades of incidents…some of which might not involve anyone living.The point: In a smallish industry like RPGs, almost everyone notable knows each other personally or by reputation.  Like family or close friends, there’s enough familiarity to affect how quickly and massively something might escalate.IOW, it’s just a few steps from “Dude, I don’t wanna do this project right now because it might cause problems for this other project.” to “I’m suing you and your intrinsically evil family to 7 generations!”</blockquote>

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