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Just throwing this out to all you programmery-types out there who build and maintain larp web sites (which may just be [info]natbudin, but to any possible others there may be):

Is there any particular reason why players aren't allowed to see the lists of everyone who's signed up for each game? I know I'm always interested to see who else will be playing in the games I'm in, and it might even help me decide which one to choose if I know lots of fun people will be in one but not another. Players shouldn't have access to GM-only functions relating to sign up lists, like changing role gender or anything like that, but I don't think it would hurt if they could at least SEE who's in. I know I would like that. Is that possible to do?

Date: 2009-11-20 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zrealm.livejournal.com
From a technological standpoint, ProCon actually supports this feature (we use it for Genericon, a non LARPing gaming convention).

From a social standpoint, I know I've heard people mention concerns of things like game-stalking when we've brought this up in the past. I know some LARP community people consider it a privacy issue - they feel they might be stalked by undesirable LARPers.

I don't know if there have ever been any actual incidents of this, though.

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