Post by The Mouth on Sept 1, 2014 21:01:31 GMT -8
I'd like to be one of your Player Advocates. Why?
Having done the job before I bring experience. I also have experience as an Assistant Storyteller so I know that side of the fence as well.
How do I view the role of the player advocate? Well, each PA issue that I get approached with has the following questions associated with it:
What is the issue? - Tell me what the problem is, and I will ensure that it gets communicated.
What is the desired outcome from the issue? - So I know what the end goal of working the problem will be.
How do I best communicate those two points? - I have to have clear and concise communication skills in order to be able to relay those things.
How can I create a desired resolution for all parties? - Because the best scenarios are where everyone has a chance for a win condition.
How do I deescalate a tense situation? - Something I practice in my job; getting people off my phone happier than when they started is something I strive for and often succeed at, especially in situations that have gone a little sideways.
As a best practice every PA issue involves me re-reading the charter to better understand the specific problem, how to best communicate that problem, achieve the desired resolution, and to remove the bad feelings. People don't grab a PA when things are going super awesome, my aim to is to get people back in play and back to having fun as soon as I can.
I will be blunt: I don't feel terribly comfortable with the idea of 'punishing' people. That more or less is the Anti-Fun for me. But I have in past been involved in such actions and I understand from personal experience why those clauses are in the charter. I believe in informed boundaries and maintaining an awareness of those boundaries.
I think I can serve our community well as a PA and hope you will select me as a community to represent our mutual interests.
- Ben Vaughan
Having done the job before I bring experience. I also have experience as an Assistant Storyteller so I know that side of the fence as well.
How do I view the role of the player advocate? Well, each PA issue that I get approached with has the following questions associated with it:
What is the issue? - Tell me what the problem is, and I will ensure that it gets communicated.
What is the desired outcome from the issue? - So I know what the end goal of working the problem will be.
How do I best communicate those two points? - I have to have clear and concise communication skills in order to be able to relay those things.
How can I create a desired resolution for all parties? - Because the best scenarios are where everyone has a chance for a win condition.
How do I deescalate a tense situation? - Something I practice in my job; getting people off my phone happier than when they started is something I strive for and often succeed at, especially in situations that have gone a little sideways.
As a best practice every PA issue involves me re-reading the charter to better understand the specific problem, how to best communicate that problem, achieve the desired resolution, and to remove the bad feelings. People don't grab a PA when things are going super awesome, my aim to is to get people back in play and back to having fun as soon as I can.
I will be blunt: I don't feel terribly comfortable with the idea of 'punishing' people. That more or less is the Anti-Fun for me. But I have in past been involved in such actions and I understand from personal experience why those clauses are in the charter. I believe in informed boundaries and maintaining an awareness of those boundaries.
I think I can serve our community well as a PA and hope you will select me as a community to represent our mutual interests.
- Ben Vaughan