spoon-discuss: RE: spoon-business: Proposal: What's in a Name.

[Dan Waldron <wald7330@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As one of the last players to join Berserker before the collapse, I
noticed a simmilar phenomenon.  There were some proposals that I made and
thought were particularly clever that were voted down.  I now realize that
it simply takes time for the members of a game to get used to the style of
any new joiner.  We come to assume a sort of unwritten set of conventions
about what can be done, and any change to this must come gradually.

Besides, this game is very much in the "just getting started" phase.  We
all have different ideas of where we want it to go; it is inevitable that
some ideas will be trampled down.

Josh and I are the only two that have voiced our categorical opposition to
any name whatsoever.  And no, clever attempts to get around that won't
fool me.  However, it might still be possible to get a name passed without
our support.  I think this must be a first, because if you look back at
Berserker, I don't think we ever agreed on anything.

Poulenc


> 
> [[I don't know if you guys are trying to drive off anyone who wasn't in
> Berserker but you're doing a good job of it. So far, I haven't heard
> anything about any of my posts which looked particularly positive. Now, I
> didn't think I was doing anything wrong. I tried to follow the rules, to
> make some corrections to the rules, and just generally to participate. But
> now I've had enough. I'm going to send this whinge letter then sit in the
> corner of the game and sulk. I will participate only minimally for now, but
> don't expect anything progressive from me until I work out what it is you
> guys really want. Oh, and Joel, when you get around to adding this nomic to
> the net nomic database what name will you use ?  Or do you think this
> particular nomic is above listing there ?  I don't always like every name I
> see or even have some involvement with, but to assume that a name is
> unneeded is insular and arrogant.]]