Signup lists?

[breakinglight11]

Just throwing this out to all you programmery-types out there who build and maintain larp web sites (which may just be 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?

Comments

[laurion]

It's a sociological thing. Intercon wants to be an inclusive community, and one of the ways we can foster that is by getting people to play in games with a wide range of other players. If we show the lists of names, we get into some 'popularity/clique' problems, where everyone wants to play with -that- person, or wants to play with their group only. This can have the effect of freezing out new people, or of having the con self-segregate, which will surely bifurcate the community. And for every person who can avoid a game because they don't want to play with someone, there could be someone who signs up for a game just to get close to someone else. Both can be good or bad.

So in general we default to not sharing your information and in practice, most people share it with the people they choose to share it with.