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Old 10-07-2010, 08:47 AM   #173
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Re: Veterans of Roleplay Intensive MUDs

The point is not that there's a mass exodus of players from RPIs but rather a departure of veteran players for reasons OTHER than life's normal distractions. With them often goes the knowledge and experience necessary to maintain the gameworld effectively and guide new players through example.

I recently saw a staff member on one of the RPIs post on their forums answering a couple of questions from a newbie. One of the questions was poorly answered, failing to provide adequate information to illustrate the reasoning behind what the newbie was asking about. The other response was 100% wrong. Not a little wrong, not missing a piece of information or even light on detail. 100% WRONG. A staff member should NEVER know so little about an aspect of their game as to be COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY WRONG IN EVERY WAY both in regard to the cultural details and to the history within the game itself. It's inexcusable and I can only assume the reason that no other staff member or even a remaining veteran player corrected the error is because they either didn't notice it or didn't know any better themselves. That is the problem with veteran players leaving RPIs. Staff recruitments come from the less qualified, newer players and without veterans to guide them, the problem of ignorance just snowballs.

So even with increases in overall playerbase totals, the problem is the decrease in the key demographic of veteran players with the knowledge and experience to maintain the level of quality in the game and the community.
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