the way i see advising now is that the \'points\' a player/advisor gets for each question is more of a sentiment to what they\'re doing.
\"if you type \'/advisormode on\' you can become an advisor and help people by answering questions in the help channel!\"
\"why would I want to do that?\"
\"you can gain advisor points from answered questions, and this may lead to you being elected and eligible to become a GM\"
they also see it as a game, who getst he most wins, which brings sillyness, claiming multiple questions, not answering correctly and etcetera.
I haven\'t advised for a long long time, but I often just monitor the channel
having 200 or 1500 advisor points doesnt make you eligible for GMship, its the effort you put into each sentence that gave you the point.
hence one word answers dont give you points anymore, we scour the person under monitoring reading the majority of their advising sessions, how they reply to questions, general attitude and knowledge of the game given correctly, these are the main factors.
it was made a requirement that a person becoming a GM make a new account for their GM character, or use their existing one and make a new one for their player character.
this is to keep any chance of unfair advantage to a minimum on the player character.
there is also the option of giving up \'playing\' and just GMing with a ready made character, though, if the person decides they want to play again, they must make a new account and use that or have the GM access switched to the new account.
*eyes thread* think thats about it covered...
