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<blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4425259" data-attributes="member: 74526">Points, shmointsDisclaimer - I'm a PbP newbie.I think covaithe hit the nail on the head: &quot;playing the game is its own reward.&nbsp; It's fun; that's why we're here.&quot; I'd go a step further and say that anyone playing in a PbP game really, really wants to play because frankly, it's quite a bit of work to play via forums (I'm enjoying it so far, don't get me wrong). This goes double for DMs, I'd imagine. Given that, I don't think any kind of point reward system will be worth the effort in administrating it - I know in my case, no amount of points will change the number of games I attempt to play in. Furthermore, point rewards seem like the kind of thing that mostly a powergamer would really want, and from the games I've browsed, PbP doesn't seem to attract that type of player much anyway. Just my take - I suppose another poll could be run (&quot;Would adding reward points change your PbP habits?&quot;)I have another suggestion - some kind of Wall of Fame, perhaps on the wiki, where people can post the games they have run/played in and other players can&nbsp; leave their appreciative comments (criticisms can go elsewhere). I like the idea of recognizing effort, just not tying it into the game mechanics.Cheers,nerdytenorP.S. Thanks for all your work on living worlds, folks - I definitely plan to participate in some fashion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nerdytenor, post: 4425259, member: 74526"] [b]Points, shmoints[/b] Disclaimer - I'm a PbP newbie. I think covaithe hit the nail on the head: [I]"playing the game is its own reward. It's fun; that's why we're here." [/I] I'd go a step further and say that anyone playing in a PbP game really, really wants to play because frankly, it's quite a bit of work to play via forums (I'm enjoying it so far, don't get me wrong). This goes double for DMs, I'd imagine. Given that, I don't think any kind of point reward system will be worth the effort in administrating it - I know in my case, no amount of points will change the number of games I attempt to play in. Furthermore, point rewards seem like the kind of thing that mostly a powergamer would really want, and from the games I've browsed, PbP doesn't seem to attract that type of player much anyway. Just my take - I suppose another poll could be run ("Would adding reward points change your PbP habits?") I have another suggestion - some kind of Wall of Fame, perhaps on the wiki, where people can post the games they have run/played in and other players can leave their appreciative comments (criticisms can go elsewhere). I like the idea of recognizing effort, just not tying it into the game mechanics. Cheers, nerdytenor P.S. Thanks for all your work on living worlds, folks - I definitely plan to participate in some fashion. [/QUOTE]

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