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