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''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.'' | ''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. | : interesting take on things. | ||
:: The Ops station itself, not the fleet. The Fleet was fine -- Ops couldn't hold a captain longer than a few months -- including some that never even showed up, as I recall [[User:Tekra|Tekra]] 17:54, 16 January 2009 (EST) | |||
''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.'' | ''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. | : I would dispute this record. Marlin was the one that I recall rewriting the tests. | ||
:: Marlin and I worked together. I remember rewriting all the questions for it. [[User:Tekra|Tekra]] 17:54, 16 January 2009 (EST) | |||
''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.'' | ''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... --[[User:FltAdml. Wolf|Wolf]] /<sup>[[User talk:FltAdml. Wolf|talk page]]</sup> 22:10, 14 July 2008 (EDT) | : 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... --[[User:FltAdml. Wolf|Wolf]] /<sup>[[User talk:FltAdml. Wolf|talk page]]</sup> 22:10, 14 July 2008 (EDT) | ||