Posted by SphereMaker(IMM) on July 14, 2000 at 12:04:58:
In Reply to: You're going to hate me for this.... posted by [FTA] The idealist on July 14, 2000 at 11:42:14:
> ...but the easiest way to get players to obey the rules is to make damn certain the immortals obey them also. I think it'd be more accurate to say, if the immortals are not perceived to follow the rules then players will feel less motivated to follow them themselves. Players will be inclined to cheat whether the immortal staff existed or not. But your point is understood. > Now the VAST majority of the IMMs are fine, but there have been cases in the past of rather BLATANT cheating and favoritism... You know, despite the stories of "BLATANT cheating" and the like, I find it amazing that no one is willing to come forward to report it. One of two things inevitably happens any time some report of cheating reaches my mailbox: (1) either the evidence is non-existant, vague to the point of being ridulous or just downright wrong; (2) the player reporting it pulls a Graatch refuses to cooperate and fix the reported problem. Actually, speaking of my mailbox, I've got mixed emotions about the irony involved in having Challen quit the game because of disillusionment around the imm staff not holding some higher moral ground. Certainly we're all guilty of hypocrisy from time to time, I guess. (And since the Net is cruel, I should point out that I say that only as a casual observation, not as a flame.)