Make award anonymous
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:34 am
I suggest to make the "award" mechanic anonymous ... i.e. so it says "You were awarded X QP, Reason: ..." rather than putting the awarding characters name there.
My motivations are as follows: When I award someone (i.e. another player) for good RP I don't want them to feel they have to "return the favor" to me. Vice versa, if someone awards me for good RP, I feel like a arse if I just take it and walk away - am I then not implicitly telling them that I didn't think their RP was as good as they thought mine was? Making it anonymous makes the award more "genuine" in my view (well you can always write in the reason who it's from, but then that's your choice).
True, if there are only two people in a scene it might still be obvious who awarded you, but the award could be from an Imm watching too, so there is at least some degree of doubt.
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Empheba
My motivations are as follows: When I award someone (i.e. another player) for good RP I don't want them to feel they have to "return the favor" to me. Vice versa, if someone awards me for good RP, I feel like a arse if I just take it and walk away - am I then not implicitly telling them that I didn't think their RP was as good as they thought mine was? Making it anonymous makes the award more "genuine" in my view (well you can always write in the reason who it's from, but then that's your choice).
True, if there are only two people in a scene it might still be obvious who awarded you, but the award could be from an Imm watching too, so there is at least some degree of doubt.
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Empheba