dkp is a participation trophy

[Wonkie]

Originally Posted by kotton05 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

DKP is basically credits you get from attending. What you get from spending DKP is the participation trophy ya moran.

cant believe we're handing out bis just for showing up smh millenials

[Bardp1999]

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

cant believe we're handing out bis just for showing up smh millenials

I will always be better geared than you

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so what's the actual trophy?

To crush your enemies -- See them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their denied pixels!

[Illsiff]

Having been in PS for loot council and DKP. I couldn't agree more. PS used to be so sharing.

[DinoTriz2]

I don't earn DKP because I'm entitled to it.

I voted for Obama. I paid my dues as an apologetic white cis male.

The future is female because I'm a good person.

[Danth]

DKP isn't a participation trophy. It's something far worse, for a game: It's a damned wage. Anyone who joins a guild that uses such a system has turned his game into a really crappy job that pays company scrip. Yuck. At the very least you guys ought to form a union and gain yourselves some rights, like a universal DKP currency that transfers from one guild to the next. You guys settle for residing in what amounts to gilded age-style company towns. Yuck.


Danth

[Wonkie]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

DKP isn't a participation trophy. It's something far worse, for a game: It's a damned wage. Anyone who joins a guild that uses such a system has turned his game into a really crappy job that pays company scrip. Yuck. At the very least you guys ought to form a union and gain yourselves some rights, like a universal DKP currency that transfers from one guild to the next. You guys settle for residing in what amounts to gilded age-style company towns. Yuck.


Danth

this guy is way smarter than me

good post [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DMN]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

DKP isn't a participation trophy. It's something far worse, for a game: It's a damned wage.
Danth

What's wrong with earning a wage?

[DromalPhrenia]

DKP is like getting paid for something you already enjoy doing

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

DKP isn't a participation trophy. It's something far worse, for a game: It's a damned wage. Anyone who joins a guild that uses such a system has turned his game into a really crappy job that pays company scrip. Yuck. At the very least you guys ought to form a union and gain yourselves some rights, like a universal DKP currency that transfers from one guild to the next. You guys settle for residing in what amounts to gilded age-style company towns. Yuck.


Danth

I see DKP as channeling selfishness for the greater good. It's organizational sure, but not corporate.

Consider an obvious example: a Shaman has no reason to go to Plane of Sky once they get their FD ring. But other classes want haste belts and such, and they want Shaman to help.

Without DKP they wouldn't, but by having DKP the Shaman's selfish desires can lead to him helping his guildmates get Sky loot. Nifty.

The real question of "is it a participation trophy" is simple: did you do more than just participate to get it?