So, on the subject of torture: Teddy's player left the game early and she asked that we not reassign him to anyone else - that he remain an unplayed NPC for the rest of the game.
Which was sometimes ... challenging, but we generally managed to deal with it. However, there were times when it was important that everyone in his vicinity have a clear idea of what he was up to. So there was a short while there where Rene and I would chat and I would supply the "voice of Teddy" for Hydra to report out...
I mentioned on another post, too, that when we ran the "Who Wants to Be a Death Eater?" competition, we both randomized some of the outcomes, *and* we asked players with an association to the Council-sponsors to take on the responsibility of ghost-playing those sponsors in communication with their candidates. I also (IIRC) asked them to judge the other contestants' efforts, so that everyone had the opportunity to upgrade their own choices and give poor scores to their opponents....
So there are ways to get around it, but yeah, being considerate of the player while trying to fuck with the character is a big part of it.
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Date: 2015-09-02 10:38 pm (UTC)Which was sometimes ... challenging, but we generally managed to deal with it. However, there were times when it was important that everyone in his vicinity have a clear idea of what he was up to. So there was a short while there where Rene and I would chat and I would supply the "voice of Teddy" for Hydra to report out...
I mentioned on another post, too, that when we ran the "Who Wants to Be a Death Eater?" competition, we both randomized some of the outcomes, *and* we asked players with an association to the Council-sponsors to take on the responsibility of ghost-playing those sponsors in communication with their candidates. I also (IIRC) asked them to judge the other contestants' efforts, so that everyone had the opportunity to upgrade their own choices and give poor scores to their opponents....
So there are ways to get around it, but yeah, being considerate of the player while trying to fuck with the character is a big part of it.