Goonhub
12-08-2024, 09:41 PM
Pretty much what Klushy said, but I'd also add that if you're spotting a pattern of similar behaviour over and over in a short timeframe that to me smells a bit of "One person, or small group of people who are driving a concept into the ground" and, again personally, would ahelp that going "hey just so you know this is cropping up a lot recently"
It might be confirmation bias or just bad luck, but if suddenly upticks without any recent changes that explain it, I think it'd be worth at least a quick check to see if it's "one guy who just needs a polite reminder not to be a one-trick pony" or, perhaps more unfortunately "Don't use the potential mechanics of something in a meta way"
Now if we get weeks of it, or its lots and lots of people doing it that to me would suggest we need stronger clarification on where the line is for stowaways. Or if this is a pattern that repeatly emerges over a period of time too. One guy is one guy, but if we keep getting people falling into the funnel of bad behaviour then that's a hole to plug.
I say all this while actually agreeing that stowaways conceptually are clearly not supposed to be remotely antagonistic, and at best are just guys hitching a ride to a station for various reasons, maybe bad maybe good but primarily -PROBABLY DO NOT WANT TO DRAW TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES- or else the role would probably be better called "Gatecrasher" or "Infiltrator"
Not many folklore stories out there of stowaway kids beelining it to the bridge of a ship, putting on the captain's hat and telling the crew "they're the captain now" It's more about getting caught pinching stuff from the pantry or the classic "Stowaway gets recruited into the crew proper after being found"
It might be confirmation bias or just bad luck, but if suddenly upticks without any recent changes that explain it, I think it'd be worth at least a quick check to see if it's "one guy who just needs a polite reminder not to be a one-trick pony" or, perhaps more unfortunately "Don't use the potential mechanics of something in a meta way"
Now if we get weeks of it, or its lots and lots of people doing it that to me would suggest we need stronger clarification on where the line is for stowaways. Or if this is a pattern that repeatly emerges over a period of time too. One guy is one guy, but if we keep getting people falling into the funnel of bad behaviour then that's a hole to plug.
I say all this while actually agreeing that stowaways conceptually are clearly not supposed to be remotely antagonistic, and at best are just guys hitching a ride to a station for various reasons, maybe bad maybe good but primarily -PROBABLY DO NOT WANT TO DRAW TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES- or else the role would probably be better called "Gatecrasher" or "Infiltrator"
Not many folklore stories out there of stowaway kids beelining it to the bridge of a ship, putting on the captain's hat and telling the crew "they're the captain now" It's more about getting caught pinching stuff from the pantry or the classic "Stowaway gets recruited into the crew proper after being found"