stargatehorizon
Member
Ok, so I'm not perfect, but I try to help out where I can. I'm in no way in charge of anything but I try to help out. Particularly I like to address new player's questions in the chat box. Recently, I had an experience and I wonder if I did wrong somehow. So tell me in the comments if you think I did something I shouldn't have or if I'm completely in-line by what happened.
So here's the scenario. I'm sitting in my city and a newer player with a young city starts up in the chat box. Her concern is that she can't take the large trades everyone else seems to post. So I suggested something along the lines of, "Don't worry about the big trades if you can't take them. Just post for what you need and everyone else will take them when we see them." Another member of the fellowship also commented that he tries to take trades from small cities when he sees them. However, the conversation doesn't stop there.
She comes back to the chat box to say that her concern isn't about accepting the big trades but that no small trades are available for her when she needs them. So I said something along the lines of, "Bigger cities try to take the smaller trades when we see them so just post everything you need."
She responded to this by saying something along the lines of "Why can't everyone post smaller trades and help me like a FS is supposed to do?"
Well, not being in charge I didn't want to give direction or make an affirmative group change so I simply responded with, "I don't know. You'll have to talk to the archmange about it." At this point in the conversation things were getting above my paygrade and I was done with it.
She responds with something along the lines of, "Why should I have to ask the archmage? I want the whole fellowship to help the way a fellowship should. Isn't that what we are supposed to do?" At which point she decided not to discuss it any further and left the fellowship.
Now, tell me, do you think I just caused a whole bunch of trouble? It bothers me to think that she left on my account. Do you think she got all hot and bothered by my interference in the matter? Or was she frustrated at the game? Or was she just not willing to be a team player and work things out? I'm quite bothered by what happened. I just wanted to help. What do you think about what happened?
So here's the scenario. I'm sitting in my city and a newer player with a young city starts up in the chat box. Her concern is that she can't take the large trades everyone else seems to post. So I suggested something along the lines of, "Don't worry about the big trades if you can't take them. Just post for what you need and everyone else will take them when we see them." Another member of the fellowship also commented that he tries to take trades from small cities when he sees them. However, the conversation doesn't stop there.
She comes back to the chat box to say that her concern isn't about accepting the big trades but that no small trades are available for her when she needs them. So I said something along the lines of, "Bigger cities try to take the smaller trades when we see them so just post everything you need."
She responded to this by saying something along the lines of "Why can't everyone post smaller trades and help me like a FS is supposed to do?"
Well, not being in charge I didn't want to give direction or make an affirmative group change so I simply responded with, "I don't know. You'll have to talk to the archmange about it." At this point in the conversation things were getting above my paygrade and I was done with it.
She responds with something along the lines of, "Why should I have to ask the archmage? I want the whole fellowship to help the way a fellowship should. Isn't that what we are supposed to do?" At which point she decided not to discuss it any further and left the fellowship.
Now, tell me, do you think I just caused a whole bunch of trouble? It bothers me to think that she left on my account. Do you think she got all hot and bothered by my interference in the matter? Or was she frustrated at the game? Or was she just not willing to be a team player and work things out? I'm quite bothered by what happened. I just wanted to help. What do you think about what happened?