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mare-of-night comments on Open thread, September 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MugaSofer 04 September 2013 07:52:30PM *  5 points [-]

This may be an odd question, but what (if anything) is known on turning NPCs into PCs? (Insert your own term for this division here, it seems to be a standard thing AFAICT.)

I mean, it's usually easier to just recruit existing PCs, but ...

Comment author: mare-of-night 07 September 2013 02:14:07AM 4 points [-]

I suspect that finding people on the borderline between the categories and giving them a nudge is part of the solution to this problem.

What do you need PCs to do that NPCs cannot do? Zeroing in on the exact quality needed may make the problem easier.