Wyrmwrath wrote: A slippery sloap to what?
A slippery slope to what players think they are entitled to for donations. We did this our first year at WH and it led to SERIOUS bickering that led to several upset players and and at least one quitting. The problem? People made donations strictly for the sake of getting something in return and were pissed when the rewards weren't "good enough" for what they donated.
When I was at WH, at one point, the staff paid players at LEAST for the cost of materials for the items created. I'd rather see this trend continue, if people can't afford to outright donate, and instead just wanted to donate their time (which is fine).
If people want a better game, costuming, physreps and such, LARP is a group effort. If it's important for you to see a different quality in the game, step up and help out. Your reward is seeing a better game and that is all there should be to it.
Unless maybe you feel staff should be paid, like for a job? After all, they spend a ton of time on the game and should get something too, right?
Is this related? I don't know, but I've largely quit every game that has gone micro-transaction as I watch the quality plummet (and distinctions drawn between players).
The "Guide" related thread with it's rewards has me seriously concerned as well.
I'm clearly outvoted here, but this is my opinion.
One-shots, non-rechargeable items and event discounts, I could be ok with. Anything else has crossed the threshold for me.
Oh and me too eventually. Heheh. I understand the reasoning behind the rule but the problem is it doesn't really accomplish anything except limiting the staff of each game. Let's say Player A donates a ton of stuff to WH and get's a bunch of points. They then must spend those points at WH so they can't go into FH all powered up. But here's the thing, as long as Player A survives the event they can still go to FH. You already can take characters from one chapter to another so keeping the points separate is pointless.
(thats a valkin' smiley)
