Yep, I agree. There are diplomatic ways to direct people without having to
be a dictator about it. I'm guilty of using far too many smilies in my
chatting in my attempts to keep from being overbearing as I direct people
while making them smile or laugh.

My perspective is that if you want to direct people, do it in a way that
they will respect you and have fun at the same time since this is a game
and we're all looking to have fun. It's easy to go a little too far
directing people, but if they have a right attitude it can be fun. My
friend always throws in "guarding you with my life master" comments to me
as at times it does seem like it's me and my group of 6 pets. :-P One of
his characters is an enchanter, so he knows what I go through when I'm
directing a group.

Windleaf

At 02:17 PM 6/29/00 -0600, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>On that I guess I don't mind either, but the ones I've grouped with have
>basically told everyone in the group exactly what to do and reminded them
>that if they didn't do exactly as specified and the enchanter died they were
>leaving the group. The one I usually group with isn't quite that bad, and
>the one gnome was very friendly, but otherwise they seemed to have the
>attitude that the rest of us were just fancy but unruly pets. Needless to
>say I avoid those people now.
>
> Kit
>
>Given an enchanter's limited ac and hp, I don't think I blame them one bit
>for being "bossy" in regards to mezzed mobs. *shrug*
>
>Gilgurth
>Bard of 26 Winces
>E'ci
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