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12-13-2015, 01:30 PM
Keep in mind that participating in SWP's should not simply be to 'get stuff' at the end. The only reason we even have a SWP store is to encourage participation and reward those who do participate. I think that interpreting people with only one character, as being at a disadvantage, is a little wrong-headed.
When we are assigning point values, what we do, is ensure that someone who is reasonably active, with only one character, can still get something good. In this case, you could get magic, a cool custom item, or a few combinations of other things. No one is entitled to be able to earn something with the highest point value. Reasonable activity with one character, gets you a reasonably good prize. It should not be the case that reasonable activity with one character gets you something like a SS companion. That's supposed to be rare and harder - having only two people get one this time around, is about the right distribution.
As Chan pointed out, it is not that one-character people are being penalized, but rather that those with more characters (and so who have to put in more effort), are rewarded for that.
As for Wanda's suggestion - I would never want to penalize someone for not participating. That is absolutely not the point of these plots. We want people to participate, and the mind set of "oh, if I participate maybe I'll get some cool stuff at the end" is really quite different from the stress that comes with "oh fuck if I don't post I'm going to lose points.." We don't want people to think that they're doing something wrong by not posting.
But we appreciate the feedback and will consider it for next time :)
When we are assigning point values, what we do, is ensure that someone who is reasonably active, with only one character, can still get something good. In this case, you could get magic, a cool custom item, or a few combinations of other things. No one is entitled to be able to earn something with the highest point value. Reasonable activity with one character, gets you a reasonably good prize. It should not be the case that reasonable activity with one character gets you something like a SS companion. That's supposed to be rare and harder - having only two people get one this time around, is about the right distribution.
As Chan pointed out, it is not that one-character people are being penalized, but rather that those with more characters (and so who have to put in more effort), are rewarded for that.
As for Wanda's suggestion - I would never want to penalize someone for not participating. That is absolutely not the point of these plots. We want people to participate, and the mind set of "oh, if I participate maybe I'll get some cool stuff at the end" is really quite different from the stress that comes with "oh fuck if I don't post I'm going to lose points.." We don't want people to think that they're doing something wrong by not posting.
But we appreciate the feedback and will consider it for next time :)
