[arg_discuss] Admission criteria for private sub-list

[libfli at aol.com]

 although i am relatively new to "the list", i can definitely see why some designers might be hesitant to throw a lot of info out for the general "list" public -- but i don't see how creating an admission's criteria would alleviate that issue. it is my experience that creative people tend to be guarded, especially while in the middle of creating or designing or pm-ing. it is also, as we all know, the nature of args to be kinda secretive. i know i was faced with a few dilemmas during the production of my first game, and i sought out a couple people from "the list" that i felt had the experience to help me. these were private interactions -- and i know that for myself, it was very important to keep that privacy. everyone was more than helpful. in this regard, a sub-list might be really helpful. this list could be used for this sort of private support. i don't know how other's feel, but i just don't see myself going to the group at large to discuss plots, writing etc. 
 and i think that the it might be more appropriate (and very helpful to newcomers) to open up to the entire list after the game has run its course... like with the post mortem discussions. 
 
 cheers
 Jan
  
 -----Original Message-----
 From: adam.m.s.martin at googlemail.com
 To: arg_discuss at igda.org
 Sent: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 7:30 AM
 Subject: [arg_discuss] Admission criteria for private sub-list
 
  >From the chat logs, there was general interest in a private sub-list
of the SIG specifically for people to discuss and share things they
didn't want to:

 - show up on Google searches
 - be available to players in the normal course of a game
 - (anything else?)

People cited examples for several different aspects of development, e.g.:

 - peer-review on proposed plot-twists / writing
 - OOC post-mortem discussion of a game event whilst the game itself
was still running
 - non-archived thoughts and questions (less need to worry about the
exact words used because they aren't going to be quoted back at you in
the future)
 - academic discussions
 - (anything else?)

But for this to go ahead we'd need to decide admission criteria.
Please could everyone reply to this with ideas / thoughts / etc - if
you don't, we won't be able to move ahead at all :). If you've ever
not spoken up because of worries over the publicness of this list,
please especially help out now.

There are also objections to the idea itself, which we should discuss
here (or we can wait until we have some basic criteria worked out and
re-assess how the scheme will work).

Adam
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