Talk:Memory Book/Tekra

In fact, SB118 had had a string of fairly unimpressive captains, which was largely, I think, due to the presence of Wolf -- who wants to try to lead with the boss man watching over their shoulder? A captain was just redundant, and most of them didn't last all that long.

interesting take on things.

The next week or so, I got my promotion to Captain. If memory serves, instead of writing the test as it stood, I rewrote the entire test for commander and captains, and the test as rewriten was used following -- one focusing less on Star Trek trivia and more on UFOP PBeM situations. I still don't care about rank -- I never had -- but if having it was the only way I'd be listened to, I got it.

I would dispute this record. Marlin was the one that I recall rewriting the tests.

To me, UFOP had a couple of things that made it unique. One was a high level of Captain's Autonomy: within a certain level of reason, each Captain was the monarch of their own ship. There were, of course, things that were fleetwide -- training, the website, the Reporter, captaincy promotions -- but as much as possible was left to each captain.

The important point being that, at the time, it was fairly standard for the central leader (or leaders) of a group to dictate plots, promotions, and more. Micro-management was the standard in the world of RPGs between the time of AOL and when "the web" as we know it now was born. But, on the flip-side, this specific record of Captain's Autonomy seems to be in direct contrast to the first quote mentioned above... --Wolf /^{talk page} 22:10, 14 July 2008 (EDT)