I am also convinced that the best way to treat an immortal staff member that doesn't work on the mud is to keep them forever confined to the builder server with their immortal player. That means no questing, and no rp'ing and no learning the secrets of the 'live' game. To some, that is quite a severe punishment.
It doesn't answer the question of how to keep a staff member happy, but it does shed some light on how to punish them. Is it wrong to punish a staff member? I don't wish to do anything in that sort, but for conversation, if I hire you to build, I would expect that you do that. If you are a helpful addition to the mud, you are rewarded with an immortal on the the live game. If not, instead of 'firing' you, confinement to the build server takes the stress off of everyone.
What do you think about this?
KL
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