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Kiern

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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2006, 12:04:46 am »
Quote from: Cyl on June 18, 2006, 12:07:26 am
You know, when I was new to this community there was a saying. "The best way NOT to become a GM is to ask to become a GM."

Depends on who you are.
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2006, 07:00:44 am »
Because... you see... there is...

well you see... if you...

look at it this way...


Yeah, I'm lost, I wanted to at some point, but that was to help the game, I've come to realize there are much more important things that need help in my life.

But...I guess, it's...fun?
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2006, 08:45:46 pm »
I would NEVER want to be a GM in ANY game at all. lol. :)
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2006, 08:57:00 pm »
There are so many ways to help the game and players.
With a rich roleplaying, socialising, you are helping the lucky people meeting your char. They will spend a nice time with you and enjoy PS, then they will stay and help more to have fun that you will be lucky to meet one day.
Once you know the mechanics of PS you can become an advisor and help newcomers that the GUI would have discouraged to explore further until them are lucky enough to meet your char.
You can help preventing the annoying people to use PS. By reporting them or petitioning against them so a GM will deal with them while you go on your in game life filled with lucky meetings

And one day you might be contacted "would you want to be a GM and be unable to have many lucky meetings since you'll have to deal with the annoying people?"
If you answer is "Yes" then you might become a GM. That's "how to become a GM".
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2006, 02:50:25 am »
Quote from: Waylander on June 24, 2006, 10:25:26 pm
And being sexy.  Planeshift prides itself on it's sexy GMs :P


awww /hug.
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2006, 03:30:46 pm »
Quote from: Hadfael on June 24, 2006, 10:40:51 pm
The real question is "Why would someone become a GM?" If someone has the answer (or a link to it)...

contribute some rp to make the life in yliakum more exiting, or because i like to help people out with their problems
that would be my answer ^^
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2006, 06:48:29 pm »
For the chicks, chicks dig GMs :P

Actualy, before Elscha became a GM she wanted me to become one because she was attracted to me, but she was in love with power...  Crazy Elscha
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2006, 07:13:03 pm »
\o/
* Syilph looks around... No chicks.
* Syilph snaps his fingers "Dang! Well... keep trying :P"
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2006, 09:48:35 pm »
reply to the "The best way NOT to become a GM is to ask to become a GM." quote: this is probably true. people who look for power sometimes are undeserving of it.
reply to the "Why would someone become a GM?" question: some people form a conscious/unconscious drive to controll others due to their own insecurity? Some are willing to make sacrifices to help others? there are probably a lot of reasons, but these are 2 that easily come to mind. I was once a Mod. on a forum, and I can easily say it wasn't for me.
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2006, 09:51:30 pm »
Quote from: Suzuka249 on June 27, 2006, 09:48:35 pm
reply to the "The best way NOT to become a GM is to ask to become a GM." quote: this is probably true. people who look for power sometimes are undeserving of it.
IMO, this should be "almost always", not "sometimes".
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2006, 10:08:32 pm »
Being a GM doesn't mean power, it means responsibilities.
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2006, 10:11:41 pm »
and with great repsonsability comes great power...right?
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2006, 10:12:11 pm »
... comes great apathy
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2006, 10:24:34 pm »
Quote from: Syilph on June 27, 2006, 10:08:32 pm
Being a GM doesn't mean power, it means responsibilities.

A non-GM wouldn’t know that necessarily. I was describing the hypothetical thought process of someone who was ignorant of the life of a GM (or Moderator)

Quote from: Seytra on June 27, 2006, 09:51:30 pm
Quote from: Suzuka249 on June 27, 2006, 09:48:35 pm
reply to the "The best way NOT to become a GM is to ask to become a GM." quote: this is probably true. people who look for power sometimes are undeserving of it.
IMO, this should be "almost always", not "sometimes".
I was careful in choosing my words to avoid offending anyone (and possibly creating enemies), but now that the opinion is out in the open, I support it.
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Re: how to become a GM
« Reply #29 on: June 28, 2006, 01:51:41 am »
been a GM here for a year now...

Not to sure what to say about it. Its kinda dodgey, like with the whole of PS there is a sort of 'political' underflow about. It can get a bit tedious at times... does have its moments though,

Deblin says: well can i have like a store
Neeve says: no
Deblin says: why not
Neeve says: you may sell items to a merchant like hanquist
Neeve says: because there is no 'store' feature
Deblin says: how come hes a mercant
Deblin says: can i be one
Neeve says: Deblin, Harnquist is an NPC
Deblin says: ohh
Deblin says: now u tell me


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