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<blockquote data-quote="garyh" data-source="post: 4424982" data-attributes="member: 6078">Thanks for getting this discussion going, guys.&nbsp; Here are my initial thoughts after reading what's been said so far.&nbsp; I'm open to being convinced to change any of these thoughts if someone has a good reason.- I like the idea (and I have no experience with the implementation, so I appreciate you sharing, covaithe) of rewarding DM's for running good games.- I do not want to place DM's in a position where they're singling out players for perks.&nbsp; That way lies discord.- Judges should not get any points for judging.&nbsp; I do think they should get points for DMing their own games or taking over for a missing DM.- I think the arguments against rewarding bug fixes are compelling.- I'd like to encourage wiki updating, but I'm not sure yet if I think we should do that with points, or just let it go and hope.- One final thought on rewarding DM's for pushing games forward...&nbsp; instead of basing it on real time or per encounter, how about some ratio of XP awarded to PCs / DM points to DM.&nbsp; These means that DM's whose games move fast will gain points as fast as the PC's earn XP, so there's no incentive for dragging things out in real time or for lots of little easy encounters over large tough enounters.&nbsp; The biggest issue would be to make sure the DM only awards XP for reasonable things (mostly sticking to RAW, I'd think), but I would assume the Judge tracking the game would already be making sure of that, so I don't think there'd be extra work there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="garyh, post: 4424982, member: 6078"] Thanks for getting this discussion going, guys. Here are my initial thoughts after reading what's been said so far. I'm open to being convinced to change any of these thoughts if someone has a good reason. - I like the idea (and I have no experience with the implementation, so I appreciate you sharing, covaithe) of rewarding DM's for running good games. - I do not want to place DM's in a position where they're singling out players for perks. That way lies discord. - Judges should not get any points for judging. I do think they should get points for DMing their own games or taking over for a missing DM. - I think the arguments against rewarding bug fixes are compelling. - I'd like to encourage wiki updating, but I'm not sure yet if I think we should do that with points, or just let it go and hope. - One final thought on rewarding DM's for pushing games forward... instead of basing it on real time or per encounter, how about some ratio of XP awarded to PCs / DM points to DM. These means that DM's whose games move fast will gain points as fast as the PC's earn XP, so there's no incentive for dragging things out in real time or for lots of little easy encounters over large tough enounters. The biggest issue would be to make sure the DM only awards XP for reasonable things (mostly sticking to RAW, I'd think), but I would assume the Judge tracking the game would already be making sure of that, so I don't think there'd be extra work there. [/QUOTE]

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