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Originally Posted by dancinf spawn of ungoliant
All this planning "if I'm dead by then" etc. just seems a bit inconsiderate towards the mod of the game that the player originally joined.
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I quite agree with that point
spawn, and it is one of the reasons that prompted my inittial thought.
But thank you to everyone for your responses. They are just what I was hoping for, as I am certainly not suggesting simply shutting down the WWJ thread without consideration of the matter. Indeed, I am not really suggesting shutting down the WWJ thread at all. My main concern was whether there was enough interest to justify two games at the same time. I rather like the idea of maintaing the WWJ thread as an "overspill".
While I agree that one of the initial purposes of the WWJ thread was for "newbies" to "cut their teeth", that has become less of a factor. Many experienced players now play in the WWJ games, while "newbies" have started out in the "senior" games, generally without too much difficulty.
I also see no reason why the "senior" games should be more complex and the WWJ games less so. I am not sure that this has been the trend. It has really just been up to whoever was modded particular games and their preferences. That said, if games are smaller (in village) size, there probably is good reason to retain scope for two games to run at a time. My personal preference is for smaller less complex games anyway so I would rather see more of both types in both threads.
With regard to modding, I did propose a while back doing away with the modding lists. I think it much better that whoever is around when a game finishes and wants to mod should be able to do so, taking into account those who have expressed a wish to mod previously.
In any event, I have no objection to both threads continuing. Perhaps it is just the unseemly rushes from one game to another that prompted my concerns after all. I do think that a committment to a game should be whole-hearted and for the entirety of that game, as it does seem rather hard on a mod to be talking about the possibility of dying in his or her game in order to be able to play in the next. I don't see the WW craze dying out completely any time soon, so there will always be another game if you miss recruitment for one. That's happened to me a number of times, but I have always managed to tag onto another game without having to wait too long.
Perhaps it's because I have been playing in WW since it started here, but I do think that a little "calmness" and some restraint from wanting to be in every game going may be in order ...