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[edit] Hands Off?

"Hands-off by the staff" was not my comment, but it seems odd to be there. DM was never entirely a hands-off game and certainly at the start staff had as much of an influence in the game as powerful or promenant PCs. (This was by design.) Perhaps what this line originally intended to mean was that staff did not invent or force people into "tiny plots" of their own devising; staff typically acted as resources in this regard. It is long-standing player contention, though, that staff with major PC characters means they are even less hands-off than that as they can easily manipulate the game with staff-granted abilities. I could cite quite a few references if anything about Mushing leant toward anything to cite, but the number of times DM's staff have, over its very long lifetime, used their position to force situations to happen is probably quite high. Therefore, the term "hands-off by the staff" should be stricken or clarified. For now, I'm striking it. -- Thenomain (blah blah original DM wizard blah blah)

Glad to see that comment stricken. Having played DM and other MU*s, it was entirely unclear to me what it meant. I wonder if it was originally inserted as some sort of commentary, as I had struck a portion of the sentence which said the "hands off policy" was largely ignored. (WTF?) Anyway, yes... unless explained or sourced, I don't think it should be put back in. croll 22:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

This article was nominated for deletion recently. The result of the discussion was keep.