Comments on: Toilet Training Newbies http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/ It's the end of the world as you know it - brought to you by a Gnome Mage with big balls of fire Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stop asking for achievements! « Armaggedon's coming! http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9510 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:02:14 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9510 [...] Toilet Training Newbies [...]

]]> By: Celeglin http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9493 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:51:51 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9493 “People often say you need to crawl before you can walk, but that isn’t necessarily true.

However it is true that to ensure you don’t wet the bed, you need to wake up!”

LOVE this quote :P

]]> By: Cassandri http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9481 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:46:26 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9481 When I watched this talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html) one of the things that really stayed with me is when the speaker say:

“We like people when we play games with them. Even if they have beaten us badly”

And she goes on to list the reasons why we trust people who fight for the same goal, follow the same rules … and…

stays until the end.

I think that’s why I too HATE it when people give up early. Or leave dungeons after 1 wipe. They can’t be trusted to play to the end I’d rather not play with them at all.

]]> By: Katherine http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9480 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:55:56 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9480 ^^^^^^

]]> By: KiwiRed http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9478 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:15:20 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9478 Have to wonder how many good raid leaders would be able to transition easily into early childhood education roles…

]]> By: Linda Pelfrey http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9474 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:52:56 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9474 I think the first raid boss should about 1 in 4 encounters, randomly, independent of group actions, wipe the raid.

Players have lost all sense of progression and if you are not ready to persevere, you are not ready for your purples.

]]> By: Syl http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9470 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:42 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9470 Hey Gnomeaggedon!
I love the analogy hehe….I cannot speak from personal toilet-training experience, but from an officer’s and co-leader’s exp in raids, I agree with your points. people ragequitting raids after 3 wipes – or ragequitting any raid for that matter, are a big no-go and I’ve even less tolerance for no team spirit than I have for bad performance. great raidleaders keep a calm voice, but they also know when to let some annoyance be noticed or call a raid off if really needed. I think the latter is really important too – know when to call it instead of throwing a fit over ventrilo.

It’s about professionalism, but balance also. And I would add that my tolerance for screwups or incompetence is a lot lower depending on whether I am in a raid, a 5man with friends or a pug. I do not feel the same obligation to ‘toilet train’ pugs as I’d feel towards guildmates and I don’t think it can be expected of players in general to look after others the way you’d look after your child. even as an officer I would set certain, clear boundaries on how much I am willing to babysit trialists or bad players in our guild.

]]> By: Cynwise http://gnomeaggedon.net/2010/09/06/toilet-training-newbies/#comment-9469 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:12:10 +0000 https://gnomeaggedon.wordpress.com/?p=7146#comment-9469 Yes, you do hate warlocks. You just like individual ‘locks. :-)

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