Posts Tagged ‘Gaming’

#PAgamesdialog .. chief reason I never b

Published by ConfigSys.boy! on August 26th, 2010

#PAgamesdialog .. chief reason I never buy used: a magical place at my local retail shrine called the $10 rack. Bioshock lives there now.


#PAgamesdialog – I find the $60 price po

Published by ConfigSys.boy! on August 26th, 2010

#PAgamesdialog – I find the $60 price point ridiculous TBH. Even moreso for gated titles. OTOH I never buy used (many reasons.) …


I toss around dice that sit here at the

Published by ConfigSys.boy! on August 17th, 2010

I toss around dice that sit here at the Shrine on occasion (old habits) – today the result was revelatory. #42. http://ow.ly/i/3fl5


New article on #Leadership in online set

Published by ConfigSys.boy! on August 16th, 2010

New article on #Leadership in online settings. “Keeping the Raid Bank Full” so you can be more effective. http://ht.ly/2pWiZ #WoW #MMO


Keeping the Raid Bank Full

Published by ConfigSys.boy! on August 15th, 2010

Having trouble salving the drama in your healer crew?  Dealing with an overly aggressive member of DPS?  Banging your head against the desk because of an obstinate tank?

Did you think you left the stressful dynamics of team leadership at the office so you could come home and relax?

Surprise!  Welcome to Raid Leadership.

Many of us may not ever stop to consider that leading a Raid (ie: an ongoing team or community, not a pick-up event) can be just as difficult as any typical team leadership assignment in the real world.  Indeed, in an online entertainment based medium there can be any number of additional challenges not usually faced in a business leadership environment.  For the most part however, the interpersonal challenges universally faced by leaders across the spectrum of team endeavors exist in equal measure for those ill-fated souls foolish enough to try leading their gaming peers in slaying dargons, handling welps, and other various and sundry digital dungeon crawls.

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