recruiting in welcome threads is beneficial for both parties involved:
The recruited enjoy a faction's PvP and RP education. They also socializes earlier and always have someone to answer them quick questions about the rules and thus avoid problems with the administration.
The factions on the other hand don't only get more members but more _dedicated_ members. Some disco veteran who has been around for years and who's in four other factions already may look good on the roster. But really, he isn't nearly as valuable as an enthusiastic newb who digs the faction's RP and radiates motivation.
If you're offended by this, I recommend quitting the forums since you clearly failed to understand the point of social gaming.
I recommend to get a battleship and idle at Malta or Crete instead - or even better, quit Disco and play CoD.
' Wrote:recruiting in welcome threads is beneficial for both parties involved:
The recruited enjoy a faction's PvP and RP education. They also socializes earlier and always have someone to answer them quick questions about the rules and thus avoid problems with the administration.
The factions on the other hand don't only get more members but more _dedicated_ members. Some disco veteran who has been around for years and who's in four other factions already may look good on the roster. But really, he isn't nearly as valuable as an enthusiastic newb who digs the faction's RP and radiates motivation.
If you're offended by this, I recommend quitting the forums since you clearly failed to understand the point of social gaming.
I recommend to get a battleship and idle at Malta or Crete instead - or even better, quit Disco and play CoD.
Cheers!
Eh, there's nothing wrong with recruiting if you take some effort to type your message. I think that's what this is about. Pasting a 10 word "Hi, welcome to disco, join ___" is not helpful for anyone.
' Wrote:recruiting in welcome threads is beneficial for both parties involved:
The recruited enjoy a faction's PvP and RP education. They also socializes earlier and always have someone to answer them quick questions about the rules and thus avoid problems with the administration.
The factions on the other hand don't only get more members but more _dedicated_ members. Some disco veteran who has been around for years and who's in four other factions already may look good on the roster. But really, he isn't nearly as valuable as an enthusiastic newb who digs the faction's RP and radiates motivation.
If you're offended by this, I recommend quitting the forums since you clearly failed to understand the point of social gaming.
I recommend to get a battleship and idle at Malta or Crete instead - or even better, quit Disco and play CoD.
Cheers!
I think that a moderator should review this thread and come to a conclusion. Because this isn't going anywhere and only starts flaming, as it already has.
I understand what you guys mean. It is better to be more informative when you ask someone to join your faction, but even if someone posts a one liner, who is it hurting? If the topic creator goes, hey I'll look at that faction, and he joins it? Cool. If he ignores it, just as cool.
It's not like it's a +1 to your post count. It literally hurts no one, and me personally, I like replies on my topics to bump them and make more people see them and reply, so what's the harm in a quick little recruitment post on a welcome thread?
I think it's the attitude that everything must be a certain way that's the bigger irritance here. If it's not causing you physical harm, MYOB. If it's causing you emotional harm, I think you need to get your head checked, because this is a game.
While it doesn't do harm, it certainly shows the entirely self-absorbed nature of some factions, or at least their more vocal members. Maybe that's a good thing.