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Sep. 12th, 2018 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
definelieI'll keep this here but unlocked. I'm not thinking anyone will come across it, but there's a lot of here to unpack and I want to keep a record of it.
This has been a valuable playing experience. It's taught me all the ways how to not moderate a game or be a player, and the danger signs I shouldn't ignore when a player, or players, are toxic as fuck. But it is time to get out of it now.
IC drama and conflict is the mechanism that runs games. It's required in some form, or else the game is really boring and has no forward motion into something better. But you can't start up IC drama without clearing it with people ahead of time. ICC = ICA is a thing and so some drama can't be avoided, even if you want to, but it's communicated and everyone is on a similar page. IC drama that is used to attack and bully is an entirely different issue and I just saw that happen tonight.
Got more information and shed some light into the motivation why it went down. Didn't make me any more sympathetic, but at least I'm less confused. It was clearly an attempt to chase out of the game, and it worked to chase out at least four players. To quote B99: Cool motive, still murder. I was more sympathetic to the last bit of toxic player drama, but it doesn't change it from being toxic.
This has been a valuable playing experience. It's taught me all the ways how to not moderate a game or be a player, and the danger signs I shouldn't ignore when a player, or players, are toxic as fuck. But it is time to get out of it now.
IC drama and conflict is the mechanism that runs games. It's required in some form, or else the game is really boring and has no forward motion into something better. But you can't start up IC drama without clearing it with people ahead of time. ICC = ICA is a thing and so some drama can't be avoided, even if you want to, but it's communicated and everyone is on a similar page. IC drama that is used to attack and bully is an entirely different issue and I just saw that happen tonight.
Got more information and shed some light into the motivation why it went down. Didn't make me any more sympathetic, but at least I'm less confused. It was clearly an attempt to chase out of the game, and it worked to chase out at least four players. To quote B99: Cool motive, still murder. I was more sympathetic to the last bit of toxic player drama, but it doesn't change it from being toxic.
