Making a Request

[Farren Kutter]

I'm not entirely sure where this should go, but here seems best.


I am making a call to the roleplayers of PlaneShift, and the GMs and Devs.

I am making a call for a player-run Hydlaa Guard to be recognized by all decent roleplayers, and calling for the blessing of the GMs and Devs in making this. If the GMs are not allowed to properly play the role of a guard, and since there are not enough GMs to really do so either, then it should fall to the hands of the players. If no one else will do so, then I will just add another character to my list and do so myself.

I would like to request, as a courtesy, that no one bash this idea without good cause, good cause being valid past experience. You don't know that it wouldn't work, and saying it wouldn't only makes you part of the reason why it wouldn't. All it takes is acceptance by the community, which would take the blessing of the GM and/or Settings and such. Something to give it solidity in the eyes of others. Obviously if it gets out of hand the blessing may be revoked and all.

Discuss why this may be a good idea, why it may be a bad idea (with each, please be sure your reasons are not just opinions, but supported by facts).

Perhaps a Vote is in order as well?

[Kerol]

I am answering your post as representative of the GM team.

The GM and settings team has taken initiative to increase the rate of events and also the amount of people involved in events tremendously.
A great number of ideas has been collected to achieve this goal, including exactly what you have suggested. We are discussing and working on making all these ideas fit together to enhance the RP and game experience of players. The idea of having players as Vigesimi is related to this.
If you check #planeshift on IRC these days you probably will find the name PS_Survey which is our newly created survey bot. By chance the first survey that has gone live is exactly about this topic.

The idea of approving players in any "official" position has been discussed last GM meeting and it was decided to postpone the decision until experience has been gathered and acceptance by the player base can be ensured.

I must discourage any attempt to RP any such role. We don't tolerate impersonation of staff or NPCs. Hydlaa guards have an official role that is not granted to players at the moment.

This thread is now locked to make sure this official stance is not buried by other posts. Feel free to join #planeshift-gmtalk to discuss the topic directly with us.