What can the GM's actually do?

Zatra - Dreamweaver14
Zatra - Dreamweaver14 Posts: 3 Arc User
edited March 2010 in General Discussion
They don't have the power to add content or add skills, that seems to come from the developers in china. (correct me if i am wrong please), but do they have the power to fix the content (bugs).

It seems like they can control server resets.
Do the gm's along with marketing decide what goes into the boutique, or does that come fom china too?

Can we get a job description as to what the gm's can do?
Maybe if we have a clear picture of what they can and cannot do then we can direct posts to the correct place.
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  • Starchief - Sanctuary
    Starchief - Sanctuary Posts: 606 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GM makes good cars... as far as Im aware ~_~
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  • Kephras - Heavens Tear
    Kephras - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,472 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    The situation in Detroit would suggest otherwise chuckle.gif
  • Starchief - Sanctuary
    Starchief - Sanctuary Posts: 606 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    ROFL b:victory
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  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    The GM's the we usually interact with are the "figureheads" of the company. They are the ones that directly interface with the player community to gather feedback and opinions about the game, and relay that information back to the various departments from within the company.

    In short, they are the "customer service" section of any other corporation.
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  • Ophida - Dreamweaver
    Ophida - Dreamweaver Posts: 971 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    There are a bunch of jobs currently advertised for the company (including web designer b:chuckle) http://www.perfectworld.com/about/job

    GMs hold positions such as QA tester, community manager and customer support. But looking through the advertised job descriptions should give you a better idea of how the company functions, and their limitations.
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  • Rawrgh - Raging Tide
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    They can ban you
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  • Miugre - Heavens Tear
    Miugre - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Or to put it a less-tactful way: the higher-ups send the GMs to placate us on a regular basis. -_-

    @OP, you're pretty much dead-on. PWE's marketing department is completely unknown to us and, it would seem, at least 99% impervious to player concerns. >_> That's why we get travesties such as Ani Packs. Three times.
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  • MANray_ - Sanctuary
    MANray_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,311 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GMs are the ones who say everything is under control and advice you to lock doors and remain in your home through the first stages of a zombie apocalypse.
  • Promivius - Dreamweaver
    Promivius - Dreamweaver Posts: 278 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GM's should theoretically have the knowledge of all what goes on in a game (applied knowledge varies tho from what I have seen in different MMO-games I played over the years).
    However in most cases the community has a better understanding of said game tho.
    Hence before I ask a GM anything related to a game (quests etc) I search forums first and foremost.

    GM's are the people to control the masses or the great unwashed as some would call us players. They tell you what might be true but usually avoid a straight answer. They are employed by the company after all.

    GM's uphold policies on forums to make sure flaming wars stay to a minimum (in some cases this upholding can be imparted by the GM personal interpretation). Understandable as they are human after all.
    I speak for myself. My opinions are my own.
    Assuming I speak for others is therefor void.
  • Airyll - Dreamweaver
    Airyll - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,882 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    The GM is the almighty wielder of the ban-hammer.

    Their power knows no bounds i]until you realise they only work weekdays because even they require breaks[/i and they answer to nobody i]besides the higher-ups of the company who can send the GMs out to do their dirty work on a daily basis[/i

    They see all i]apart from when blink, and then sometimes they miss things[/i and they know all i]if we exclude the fact they only know what they are told, and they are told very little[/i

    They are unstoppable i]until they take off their GM gear and then it's a one-shot business[/i and, all in all, they are the people who oversee customer service and community management.
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GM = game moderator.
    they be mods.
    in game.
    b:surrender
    and can do the usual stuff mods have.. such as move stuff, ban stuff, and summon stuff.
    o and they generally has super powahs such as super speed, teleportation, invisibility, and invulnerability.
    darthpanda16: Firefox crashed on me. Aryannamage: I don't think I am a GM that would be new.
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    Kantorek: Yeah.. you should try it. It's awesome.
    Sihndra: Nope- not currently possible under any circumstances. Sorry.
    LokisDottir: I mean...not haunting the forums, nope nope..
    Konariraiden: You don't know what you are up against. You will lose.
    Waiting for...Hamster Packs!
    58% chance to get tokens
    41% chance to get an all class pet hamster....but they has already been freed by the magic hamster.
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  • Starchief - Sanctuary
    Starchief - Sanctuary Posts: 606 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    ah **** Hamsta, the siggy dun go with the forum background no more D: Ill have to remake >.<
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Starchief - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ah **** Hamsta, the siggy dun go with the forum background no more D: Ill have to remake >.<

    b:surrender
    me will wait for teh new siggy.
    T.T
    darthpanda16: Firefox crashed on me. Aryannamage: I don't think I am a GM that would be new.
    Hawk:Do this. closing thread
    frankieraye: I'll see if we can replace the woman with a stick figure and the tiger fangs with marshmallows.//Issues like these need to get escalated quickly to minimize the damage.
    Kantorek: Yeah.. you should try it. It's awesome.
    Sihndra: Nope- not currently possible under any circumstances. Sorry.
    LokisDottir: I mean...not haunting the forums, nope nope..
    Konariraiden: You don't know what you are up against. You will lose.
    Waiting for...Hamster Packs!
    58% chance to get tokens
    41% chance to get an all class pet hamster....but they has already been freed by the magic hamster.
    1% chance to get ban hamstered with the message "Hamsters United!"
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  • Heartstone - Dreamweaver
    Heartstone - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,338 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    they can kick our butts b:shocked

    oh and for Boutique, not controleld by china i belive. different prices and different items here. pwi decides their own sales.
    I'm sorry for misspelling / mistyping and grammar b:surrender

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  • PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear
    PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    THE GM'S ARE WAFFLE MEN WHO PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH BELGIUM WAFFLE MAKERS. NOW EVERYONE GET SOME FORKS AND AUNT JEMIMA'S SYRUP AND LET'S HAVE WAAAAAAAARRb:infuriatedb:infuriatedb:infuriated
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  • frankieraye
    frankieraye Posts: 250 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    In-game GM's are there primarily to enforce rules and keep the game safe for players.
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  • Faith_z - Sanctuary
    Faith_z - Sanctuary Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    frankieraye wrote: »
    In-game GM's are there primarily to enforce rules and keep the game safe for players.

    You forgot to add 'keep the game fun for players' And no that isnt ment with sarcasm as i know there is a lot of picking on gms, but they do a lot more then we see, and a lot of people forget that.
    My caracters:
    Faith_z - 7x Cleric (main)
    HaveFaith_z - 5x Veno
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  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    frankieraye wrote: »
    In-game GM's are there primarily to enforce rules and keep the game safe for players.
    which brings me to the /GM in-game command..

    is that automated, or is there actually someone there 24/7?
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  • MANray_ - Sanctuary
    MANray_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,311 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    frankieraye wrote: »
    In-game GM's are there primarily to enforce rules and keep the game safe for players.

    But what about the zombies? I know there's a lot more to this war with the wraith than what the elder is telling us... b:avoid
  • Maiya - Lost City
    Maiya - Lost City Posts: 2,686 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Has anyone else noticed frankie's avatar changed to a fox veno?
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  • Faith_z - Sanctuary
    Faith_z - Sanctuary Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Maiya - Lost City wrote: »
    Has anyone else noticed frankie's avatar changed to a fox veno?

    yea, turned into gm instead of just lvl 105 too, and veno makes sense, since 95% of all veno's are male :P
    My caracters:
    Faith_z - 7x Cleric (main)
    HaveFaith_z - 5x Veno
    Ivory_Soul -3x Psychic

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  • Michyx - Lost City
    Michyx - Lost City Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Being GM is something annoying for me. They can help a lot like making our game without hackers and fixing 1/3 of our problems , but other than that is just business , and when you're a GM u cant play normally? Or i am being wrong?
  • Krisnda - Lost City
    Krisnda - Lost City Posts: 1,465 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    i believe you have your own character, and your GM character thats used to look at certain things in-game, but you just cant transfer things (like the gm robe or gm wings XD) to your normal play character.

    correct me if im wrong.
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  • Promivius - Dreamweaver
    Promivius - Dreamweaver Posts: 278 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    If a GM wants to play he or she can do so on any character if they so choose it just like us.
    He or she can not tell us about it as it could be against policy. And ofcourse it might invite unwanted questions when you as a GM are on your off-hours.

    When a GM is in GM-mode (s)he is working. They get paid for it just like any other job.
    As a GM you can get rants galor. Again part of the job. So as a GM you deal with it.
    No fun ?
    Well, they still applied and accepted the job. They are free to choose another and move on.

    I assume that part of the fun a GM can get is people thanking them for their help. That in itself should outweight the rants.
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  • Krisnda - Lost City
    Krisnda - Lost City Posts: 1,465 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    wait? do you mean in-game? because i've seen lots of gms, and they all looked like statues to me.
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  • FoxRunning - Heavens Tear
    FoxRunning - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,048 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    hm, interesting. she used to be a BM

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    Maiya - Lost City wrote: »
    Has anyone else noticed frankie's avatar changed to a fox veno?
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  • ZAPATON - Sanctuary
    ZAPATON - Sanctuary Posts: 875 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GMs can laugh watching you cry knowing their pockets are growing bigger and bigger. Have a nice day.
    Madness?

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  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    ZAPATON - Sanctuary wrote: »

    HAX post is HAX.

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  • Krisnda - Lost City
    Krisnda - Lost City Posts: 1,465 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    ZAPATON - Sanctuary wrote: »
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    lol what just happened here?
    also do GM's have customized keyboards with "instant ban" on them, or buttins with commonly used quotes, like "send a ticket"?
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  • Tapion_ - Dreamweaver
    Tapion_ - Dreamweaver Posts: 388 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    konariraiden - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    hax Post Is Hax.

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