Send More Kudos!

[Wicked]

Two things.

1) I think I sent a kudos to the rival of one of my PC's once (if not I had good intentions of doing so!), it was a hate which lasted at least an IG year if I recall correctly.

2) I received a Kudos today (or opened it today, been a bit since I checked email). It gave me warm fuzzy feelings to have my PC acknowledged. Only wish it were possible to know who sent it so I could say thank you!

[Archbaron]

BUMPITY BUMP! Remember to send these out, people! They make everyone's day.

[Gunnerblaster]

I typically recieve kudos after the death of my character and I send kudos to those who die.

There is something really cool about recieving kudos - Especially if there is some really good commentary from the sendie. Makes me redouble my efforts, whenever roleplaying.

[tortall]

I send kudos a lot. For the last month I was sending nearly one a day. I don't wait until people die. I feel that they should know NOW how awesome I think they are. :-)

[Salt Merchant]

I've only sent one kudo in my entire "career".

You all suck. 

Seriously though, I guess that would be a good resolution for 2009. Show some recognition of characters and effort that make the game fun.

[Shiroi Tsuki]

If I don't send kudos out immediately, I usually forget to send them 

[a strange shadow]

If I don't send kudos out immediately, I usually forget to send them 

[Winterless]

I tend to send to people I play around if they die, because I want them to know how awesome they were and to give them a boost into creating another PC.

I sometimes send to still living PCs... those that I love the RP with and know I probably won't see again.

[Qetesh]

Just a staff perspective on these, as some of us Staff were talking about Kudos.

First, they are awesome, yes you should send them in. Nothing makes other players feel more special.

But, we have been getting a lot of quick one liner Kudos that don't really say much and take a up a good deal of staff time to resolve. So please if you are going to send someone a Kudos, have the following:

At minimum, one full sentence on why the player deserves the Kudos. Either for consistent RP, for being a responsible player, for being a part of a really awesome scene... Ect...

The one line "You rocked that scene last night, thanks!" is not a good Kudos. Or the "I liked your character, good job." also, not    the best use of staff time. Try to be detailed as to why you are giving the compliment and make it meaningful to the recipient.

Second, please put in the SHORT DESC of the Character you are sending the Kudos to, and a name if you have one. It is -Super- hard for us to find out who you are writing in about on just a name, (pssst... it might not be the right name) so a name and short desc will certainly ensure that your praise gets to the right source, quickly and effectively.

Lastly, Bundle Kudos! Send in a few at a time. We don't mind! You can put a few Kudos on one request. No need to send in five seperate ones. We will make sure they all get to where they are going as long as you have the right info for each so we can find the players.

So, with that said, we have gotten A LOT of kudos in the past week, which is great. So well done thread! You are keeping your staffers busy.

Bumping this as we have once again, gotten a LOT of kudos this week, (GREAT!) but a lot lacking Short descs, and a lot of one liners (NOT GREAT!)

[Fathi]

Qetesh, what is the official opinion on bundling kudos, if there is one?

I've been told twice in the past NOT to put more than one kudos in the same request, but other staffers have encouraged it on the GDB at times.

[Qetesh]

I think as long as you bundle them with the proper information, Ie: PC name & Short Desc, I can't see it being an issue with staff.  If you can't give all the proper info though, it can become an issue, because then you have a half complete request lingering around until someone can dig up the information.

So I'd say as long as you can give both a short desc and a name, you could bundle. If you can't, then put it in a seperate request. But I'll also defer to a higher power however, as they might have different thoughts.

[musashi]

Nyr once asked me to pretty pretty please break up a kudo into three seperate ones, even though I did have the PC names and what have you clearly listed. I thought staff's offical policy was to do 1 kudo per player/staffer 

[Fathi]

Thanks for checking on it, either way.

[Cerelum]

I send Kudos like a mother Fer, as long as someone is interesting to deal with.

JaRoD

[SMuz]

I'd rather send a character kudos after maybe a week or so playing with him, rather than just last night. If I look forward to a guy being there when I log on, then that person deserve kudos. Or even if I get annoyed enough to gossip about him to other people, then it's well-played.

It's fine to send Kudos to dead characters, right?
I sent a few out

I like threads like these. I'd be hesitant to send kudos otherwise, because going to the request page is like meeting a templar.

[Kevo]

I like getting kudos in my inbox, but, I'm always disappointed to at least a _small_ degree to find that there are no criticisms in there. Even a player complaint would be nice, maybe I'm doing everything right, but I seriously doubt it. Constructive criticism, even if misplaced, is always a great way to help a person build his role playing skills. So, that said, hopefully I'll get some bitchy complaints about how I didn't keep my accent up, or my magicker's cantrips were just a bit too overdone. Or that somebody hates the fact the even my ugly mutants are out-of-this world hot.

[Nyr]

I like getting kudos in my inbox, but, I'm always disappointed to at least a _small_ degree to find that there are no criticisms in there. Even a player complaint would be nice, maybe I'm doing everything right, but I seriously doubt it. Constructive criticism, even if misplaced, is always a great way to help a person build his role playing skills. So, that said, hopefully I'll get some bitchy complaints about how I didn't keep my accent up, or my magicker's cantrips were just a bit too overdone. Or that somebody hates the fact the even my ugly mutants are out-of-this world hot.

We don't forward player complaints.  Player complaints are handled by staff, if they are valid ones.

[RogueGunslinger]

Why not? Do you reserve that for account note requests?

[BlackMagic0]

If I don't send kudos out immediately, I usually forget to send them 

[Ammut]

I usually send out kudos when someone dies, but this thread has made me realize I may not remember the sdesc of some of the people who deserve them should they die.  So, I'll be sending them out randomly in bundles.

[Nyr]

Why not? Do you reserve that for account note requests?

Nope.  Player complaints are complaints from players to staff about players.  That part of the player request system was made for that purpose, not to forward gripes and complaints directly from players to players.
However, if you have constructive criticism, hopefully you have something nice to say as well (hence constructive/kudos) and send it as a kudos; we'll send those along.

[SMuz]

I do like getting criticism. I still remember the first criticism I got, from an imm, about me not emoting when crafting, and telling me about thinks and feels. That was great.. it really made me feel special because there was an imm watching me dying out there. It's what got me hooked onto this game and telling everyone about it. Would be nice if everyone put a little criticism in their kudos as well, since they know the character

[Kevo]

yay. We're changing the virtual world one kudos at a time.

Kudos
The highlord tektolnes, (sdesc unknown)
I like the concept, it's real nice, but....maybe you could throw in an emote or two sometimes? Throw some lightning out your window. Contact people drunk, so they can see your image, then freak out. Other than that, I can't say much as to how to improve your char. Good job with making that statue tear through my sanity.

[FantasyWriter]

yay. We're changing the virtual world one kudos at a time.

Kudos
The highlord tektolnes, (sdesc unknown)
I like the concept, it's real nice, but....maybe you could throw in an emote or two sometimes? Throw some lightning out your window. Contact people drunk, so they can see your image, then freak out. Other than that, I can't say much as to how to improve your char. Good job with making that statue tear through my sanity.

Code Select Expand

>steal statue gate
You quietly approach your target.

GOT IT!

>stat

Your encumbrance is OMFG! UNBELIEVABLY HEAVY!!!!!

>inv
you are carrying:
A huge black steel statue of a dragon.


[SMuz]

*bump*

Some dead guys deserve a final kudos