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No doubt these are the traits that people seek in fellow 'study group' members. Does anyone remember the way football teams used to be assembled in school? Two

No doubt these are the traits that people seek in fellow 'study group' members. Does anyone remember the way football teams used to be assembled in school? Two team captains would each take turns to pick teammates from the rest of the students. I don't recall 'friendliness and trustworthiness' being necessarily the top qualifiers.

notreallyserio 5y ago
The stakes of those pickup football games were pretty low (for most people).
- jacknews 5y ago
  I think that sums up the other replies that say 'friends first, etc', and is in fact my point. In my experience there was some prestige in winning, and particularly in picking a winning team, and that would feed into who was picked for the school team. When the stakes are low, you can can choose to be among friends. When the stakes are higher, you need to work, perhaps less comfortably, with greater talent.
  - notreallyserio 5y ago
    Interesting, I had kind of the opposite takeaway. You can afford to pick friends followed by the best for pickup teams, where winning doesn’t matter too much. But when the stakes are high you need to be pick folks you can work with for months or years, even if it means their tech skills aren’t as solid as a candidate that is otherwise unfriendly or untrustworthy.
kevinh 5y ago
In my experience, friends were often the first ones picked to be on a team. And if a person was known for leaving midgame, they'd be one of the last ones picked.
- jacknews 5y ago
  My experience is that the team captains were usually the most experienced players, and were often friends with the best of the rest. But everyone knew who was good, and they were picked first regardless of actual friendships, since games would feed into decisions about who made the school team, particularly captain.
dokem 5y ago
It went friends, big or athletic, well liked, then disliked or incompetent / bad attitude.
watwut 5y ago
The best friend gets picked first. Exceptionally athletic kid follow. From the rest, popular kids go first regardless of ability. Outsiders and loners go last.

notreallyserio 5y ago

The stakes of those pickup football games were pretty low (for most people).

jacknews 5y ago
I think that sums up the other replies that say 'friends first, etc', and is in fact my point. In my experience there was some prestige in winning, and particularly in picking a winning team, and that would feed into who was picked for the school team. When the stakes are low, you can can choose to be among friends. When the stakes are higher, you need to work, perhaps less comfortably, with greater talent.
- notreallyserio 5y ago
  Interesting, I had kind of the opposite takeaway. You can afford to pick friends followed by the best for pickup teams, where winning doesn’t matter too much. But when the stakes are high you need to be pick folks you can work with for months or years, even if it means their tech skills aren’t as solid as a candidate that is otherwise unfriendly or untrustworthy.

kevinh 5y ago

In my experience, friends were often the first ones picked to be on a team. And if a person was known for leaving midgame, they'd be one of the last ones picked.

jacknews 5y ago
My experience is that the team captains were usually the most experienced players, and were often friends with the best of the rest. But everyone knew who was good, and they were picked first regardless of actual friendships, since games would feed into decisions about who made the school team, particularly captain.

dokem 5y ago

It went friends, big or athletic, well liked, then disliked or incompetent / bad attitude.

watwut 5y ago

The best friend gets picked first. Exceptionally athletic kid follow. From the rest, popular kids go first regardless of ability. Outsiders and loners go last.