IrishPerson 693 Share Posted June 5, 2014 GMs nowdays are too scared of other peoples opinions. They need to grow a pair and ban those who break rules rather the waltzing around giving some 'serious' verbal warnings. Plus lets be honest, we all know I was the best GM of recent times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikachu 402 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just gonna put this here as an example of real life figures of authority and their work... and granted I realize that in some situations it won't apply the same... but my mother was a teacher at my middle school when I was younger, and while working there she pointed something out to me. She had earned some silly school based "Favorite Teacher of the Eight Grade" award or something, and she pointed out that she doubted that most of the students remembered half a word of what she had said to them in class. Why? She was very nice, and didn't like to make them mad at her, and as a result they pretty much ignored her the entire class. The students in her eighth grade classes has some of the worst grades in the school and she had had to force extra credit and put it in EVERYTHING so her students could pass. Meanwhile, the eighth grade math teacher, who was generally regarded as the worst teacher you could ever get, had a class of A students who rarely, if ever, spoke in class, and paid alarm full attention to the teacher and the board constantly. Why? Because she would smack rulers on desks if you fell asleep, would take points away from your grade if you looked anywhere but at the board or at her, and NEVER offered extra credit. Yet almost all of her students aced her classes. So honestly, whether this really applies to LOTC perfectly or not, I feel like if a GM has a bad status from a few people, it's probably because they did their job, not because they are bad at it. I understand that some are more fair about that, but it's how I see things a lot of times. Sometimes in order to get the point across we have to be firmer, and I have certainly been trying to do that as best I can. Granted, a lot of people have marked me down because I am not active, and I sincerely regret that. Between trying to work two jobs, having no Internet at home and my computer decided to break a month after buying it... I'm going through a rough patch of life and I apologize. But I do try to at least get online for the two hours allowed by my local library to get on each day. I am doing the best I can to get these issues resolved but they're not easy, and I'm sorry to those who are suffering because of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski_king3 0 Share Posted June 5, 2014 GMs nowdays are too scared of other peoples opinions. They need to grow a pair and ban those who break rules rather the waltzing around giving some 'serious' verbal warnings. Plus lets be honest, we all know I was the best GM of recent times Aye, but you'll never be a GM again laddie. Ya know why? Cuz yer a filthy potato who don't know what 'e is! Just gonna put this here as an example of real life figures of authority and their work... and granted I realize that in some situations it won't apply the same... but my mother was a teacher at my middle school when I was younger, and while working there she pointed something out to me. She had earned some silly school based "Favorite Teacher of the Eight Grade" award or something, and she pointed out that she doubted that most of the students remembered half a word of what she had said to them in class. Why? She was very nice, and didn't like to make them mad at her, and as a result they pretty much ignored her the entire class. The students in her eighth grade classes has some of the worst grades in the school and she had had to force extra credit and put it in EVERYTHING so her students could pass. Meanwhile, the eighth grade math teacher, who was generally regarded as the worst teacher you could ever get, had a class of A students who rarely, if ever, spoke in class, and paid alarm full attention to the teacher and the board constantly. Why? Because she would smack rulers on desks if you fell asleep, would take points away from your grade if you looked anywhere but at the board or at her, and NEVER offered extra credit. Yet almost all of her students aced her classes. So honestly, whether this really applies to LOTC perfectly or not, I feel like if a GM has a bad status from a few people, it's probably because they did their job, not because they are bad at it. I understand that some are more fair about that, but it's how I see things a lot of times. Sometimes in order to get the point across we have to be firmer, and I have certainly been trying to do that as best I can. Granted, a lot of people have marked me down because I am not active, and I sincerely regret that. Between trying to work two jobs, having no Internet at home and my computer decided to break a month after buying it... I'm going through a rough patch of life and I apologize. But I do try to at least get online for the two hours allowed by my local library to get on each day. I am doing the best I can to get these issues resolved but they're not easy, and I'm sorry to those who are suffering because of it. I don't think that being strict makes for a good teacher, I know sometimes I did great in strict teachers' classes and sometimes did horrible. Same with easy, nice teachers. Likewise, school =/= LotC, we shouldn't treat it as nearly as serious a thing. Sorry to hear about the less than ideal stuff going on in your life though, that's really unfortunate :./ best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikachu 402 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Aye, but you'll never be a GM again laddie. Ya know why? Cuz yer a filthy potato who don't know what 'e is! I don't think that being strict makes for a good teacher, I know sometimes I did great in strict teachers' classes and sometimes did horrible. Same with easy, nice teachers. Likewise, school =/= LotC, we shouldn't treat it as nearly as serious a thing. Sorry to hear about the less than ideal stuff going on in your life though, that's really unfortunate :./ best of luck! I understand it doesn't always apply, and it's a situation in one place with these certain students from this demographic, I just feel that a lot of times in these sort of popularity contest like posts it does. "So - in - so gave me this so I like them" "So-in - so banned my friend so I hate them" and so on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyndikate 2303 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Why is this thread still open? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski_king3 0 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Why is this thread still open? probably so lime can rep farm off this 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightly11 | lotc_fox 111 Share Posted June 5, 2014 well, this is completely pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy 1599 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Yeah, okay. Closing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhia 936 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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