Trial Gm App

[monkeypoacher 8055]

it's april fools guys, come on

[_Jandy_ 3519]

He seems cooler than usual as of late, +1 for me

[Samson Option 9652]

Wardog, you already fell into the mud with the pigs and got dirty so now they can point at you and say you can't say sh*t about them. You are a cool cat, but as I told birdwhisperer:

You deserve a +1 but you'll be mind-f*cking yourself like a Shi'a whipping himself on Muharram. Its daft and unbelieveable, but I guess you have the right to do it.

[ski_king3 0]

There's no way that I could ever support this application. Though your forum posts as of late have largely been silly nonsense (which isn't a criticism, I think silly nonsense is a pretty neutral thing and can be funny/good), you've displayed a lot of toxicity over the forums directed at the high elves, undead and more generally players who disagree with you. Likewise, when you were an ET, you just went inactive; when managers asked you to do stuff, you said that you might be able to then never got back to us or followed through when the events we asked you about were actually brought to fruition (this admittedly only happened a few times when I was on the team before you were removed or prompted to leave).

 

Likewise, I don't think your stubbornness is good for a GM candidate, especially for one who has never moderated before. Whenever someone is accepted to a moderating position, whether it be GM, FM or AT (reviewing applications is similar for the sake of this explanation), they're more strict than they should be. They want to flex their muscles so to speak, and will be more prone to warning, banning or denying rather than being lenient when necessary. Stubborn people have a tendency to ignore feedback from other team members who have gotten past this "phase" and just keep the ball rolling, which is deeply problematic, and one far less personal reason for me believing you're a bad candidate.

 

My advice would be to serve on another staff team which gives you power over others before you apply for GM, as I think that would help you out a lot. Sorry if this comes across as harsh, but it's my opinion and one I feel fairly strongly about.

[Avacyn 1712]

you'd just be another one of connor's high elf circlejerk gm members...

i cant support this kind of staff corruption.

[CosmicWhaleShark 2488]

There's no way that I could ever support this application. Though your forum posts as of late have largely been silly nonsense (which isn't a criticism, I think silly nonsense is a pretty neutral thing and can be funny/good), you've displayed a lot of toxicity over the forums directed at the high elves, undead and more generally players who disagree with you.

 

Yup, fair enough, not really much to say in that regard besides that it's true.

 

 Likewise, when you were an ET, you just went inactive; when managers asked you to do stuff, you said that you might be able to then never got back to us or followed through when the events we asked you about were actually brought to fruition (this admittedly only happened a few times when I was on the team before you were removed or prompted to leave).

 

This is just for clarification's sake. Communication on my first round of ET in Asulon suffered, I literally had asked if anyone needed help with anything in the ET chat and then the day after got kicked for apparent inactivity, a fair portion of the events we did as a group didn't receive a lot of positive reception so I was kind of hesitant to do anything. We also needed to /modreq for our event permissions and that would take hours at a time, so while I was making modreq to get those ET perks in order to do events, I sometimes had to log off after an hour or so and ended up unable to do anything. Still counted as inactivity I guess. Didn't bother reapplying for a while because it was kind of a mess. Second time I gave Kai the heads up and stepped down because I knew I'd be in a lull for a bit, and didn't want to be used as an example for inactive staff. During that time I was only ever directly asked to help with two things, the finale of the Harbingers and playing a golem in a tower, both of which I did. The rest of the time Swgrclan just let me do things at my own discretion, which I did. Completed the Hippogriff arc within the Fringe, several fairy and troll events and I also fulfilled various requests from players when possible for me. Third time I didn't get much of a chance to do anything. I gave logs from a staff chat to the party that was the subject of the conversation. It's one thing to accuse people of bias, it's another to have apparent proof, so I thought it was necessary to protect them from what I anticipated to be abuse of a position. Got kicked shortly after for it.

 

 

Likewise, I don't think your stubbornness is good for a GM candidate, especially for one who has never moderated before. Whenever someone is accepted to a moderating position, whether it be GM, FM or AT (reviewing applications is similar for the sake of this explanation), they're more strict than they should be. They want to flex their muscles so to speak, and will be more prone to warning, banning or denying rather than being lenient when necessary. Stubborn people have a tendency to ignore feedback from other team members who have gotten past this "phase" and just keep the ball rolling, which is deeply problematic, and one far less personal reason for me believing you're a bad candidate.

 

Maybe, maybe not. I'd like to think I wouldn't treat authority like a shiny new toy to play with and test the limits of. Generally speaking whenever I was on AT and ET I would seek out advice and feedback from others first before really getting into things, with the exception really only being the first time I was on ET because none of us really knew what the hell we were doing at the time. I've treaded carefully before and I don't see why GMship would be any different. But, yea, guess the only thing I can do is put my money where my mouth is if the time ever comes, to prove that to you.

[Stag 3234]

Well I guess you & I have been through quite a bit.

 

While I could say you have a tendency to not only be stubborn but aggressive when you don't get your way I think that should be taken with a grain of salt. We all have things that we need to work on regarding our communication skills and I think I agree with you when you say you are getting better. Does this mean you could handle the GM position? I am not sure to be honest. I know you could handle the work load but do you really want to make dealing with player's issues your role on the server? 

 

I know I am being blunt but I am also being serious here. You said you are applying to be a GM because you feel prepared. I can't say if I agree or not because I don't know but I get the feeling that the position might wear you out faster than you'd like. Then instead of enjoying the server you would end up quitting. Maybe you aren't ready right meow but if you keep improving like you say you are then who knows. I just want you to think about this and ask yourself if being prepared is enough to sustain you through a position like this.

 

EDIT: Also not an April fool's. Also Also GoT was just the staff chatting and picking characters for each other over skype.

[CosmicWhaleShark 2488]

That's the trick to it, isn't it? Nothing really measures to the actual experience of being a GM, so it's a bit naive to say I'm ready, sounds nice at the very least.

 

I'd like to give it a shot though. I'm impersonal, but I do think that I've established that I'm all about the overall experience of the game, the enjoyment of the players, keeping RP flowing as it should. Just look back at the conversations we had in Skype before the whole bronze uprising OOC tensions. I was brainstorming with you and trying to plan to make things work in the long run, get everyone involved and working together and having fun together, RP just lead in another direction and there's not really any going back now.

 

I more than likely have no idea what I'm getting myself into, but I'd still like to give it a go.

[Aislin 4354]

Okay seriously what the **** if you guys don't think Wardog could be a GM you guys are ******* idiots.

[Rig 17591]

You've a tendency to treat people with OOC hostility, but as somebody who've experienced both aspects of your behavior, you are a mature guy who could certainly make a good GM. 

However, your temperament does need a little bit of work. 

[CosmicWhaleShark 2488]

Refer to the original post.

 

I did appreciate the kind words, maybe some other time. Appreciated the banter.

[Gunner 775]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.