 In Chavez's opinion, Dederich was "a genius in terms of people".In February 1977, Chavez took the UFW's executive board on a visit to the Synanon compound.There, they took part in a therapy system based on Dederich's own process, "the Game," as part of which each "player" was singled out in turn to receive harsh, profanity-laced criticism from the rest of the community.