Dannic, The Prince of Cats

Posted by Dannic on October 9th, 2007 in General, Legend of the Green Dragon, Muds, Role Playing

I remember when I first started playing online games(MUD). The first major game I played required RP or you would have been banned from playing.

The only “GOD”/Administration type person on the game was slightly finicky about praise. He really enjoyed the boost of esteem that it gave him. The power over other peoples characters. It is also one of the things that kind of turned me off about that particular game.

Most communication was “face to face” per se. At least at the character level. The admin hardly ever showed up in a public place where things could happen to him. All other communication happened through posts, mail or Channels.

The different channels is where most of this praise would be showered upon the admin for his intelligence and compassion. Mostly just a great big suck-up session usually started by one or two different players.

Personally, I found these little sessions annoying but if you weren’t tuned into the channel when this was happening you were often accused of many different things. Often resulting in a ban. I know many who were just hounded out of the game by, not only the admin, but the players because they wouldn’t show their appreciation in the form of a glorious outpouring of senseless utterances.

Now, that is not to say that I don’t care for respect. I do. I think respect should be shown if deserved.

A polite acknowledgment with a nod, wave or greeting is usually enough to be respectful without appearing to be a suck-up.

Of course, a conversation is usually preferred if there is time for such. But, often the admin of a particular game has other things in mind when they are running around. Do not get offended if they miss your attempt at being politely respectful. They may have genuinely missed the attempt. Others will notice though. And sometimes that is more important when it comes to the realm of role playing.