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Gil Favor's Sidekick
I should probably put to rest any background thoughts that people may be thinking with regards to divided of segmented rankings of performance/skill/personality/wealth/or hairstyle.
We are unlikely to implement any choices that will foster division or seperation of small groups of players out of the greater community of GOTM players as whole.
This does not imply that we will not be focusing brighter spotlights on specific areas of game performance. It should be a clear signal that the level of emphasis on these individual performance issues will be strongly influenced by how well the bigger picture issues of the spirit and philosophy behind the GOTM events can be seen to respond.
What we seek here is a set of tools that can be used to help us discuss and evaluate relative game play issues without getting trapped in absolutes. Many players may have lost sight of these issues in the past and allowed themselves to only participate infrequently or to pursue any possible means of a short term exploitive victory.
What makes a measure of one of the best players over time will ultimately be a combination of outstanding individual game performance, consistantly strong performance in a variety of events over time, and valuable long term contributions to discussion and participation by a diverse group of other players.
We have a number of major changes in the works that I am confident will more than adequately identify the best players in our community and provide them with numerous opportunities to cross swords with worthy opponents. I urge you to look closely at each of these changes in terms of the big picture aspects of how they may help every player to find an active place in the field of participants that ultimately provides all the value to the Games of the Month.
We are unlikely to implement any choices that will foster division or seperation of small groups of players out of the greater community of GOTM players as whole.
This does not imply that we will not be focusing brighter spotlights on specific areas of game performance. It should be a clear signal that the level of emphasis on these individual performance issues will be strongly influenced by how well the bigger picture issues of the spirit and philosophy behind the GOTM events can be seen to respond.
What we seek here is a set of tools that can be used to help us discuss and evaluate relative game play issues without getting trapped in absolutes. Many players may have lost sight of these issues in the past and allowed themselves to only participate infrequently or to pursue any possible means of a short term exploitive victory.
What makes a measure of one of the best players over time will ultimately be a combination of outstanding individual game performance, consistantly strong performance in a variety of events over time, and valuable long term contributions to discussion and participation by a diverse group of other players.
We have a number of major changes in the works that I am confident will more than adequately identify the best players in our community and provide them with numerous opportunities to cross swords with worthy opponents. I urge you to look closely at each of these changes in terms of the big picture aspects of how they may help every player to find an active place in the field of participants that ultimately provides all the value to the Games of the Month.
