What can the GM's actually do?

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  • JanusZeal - Heavens Tear
    JanusZeal - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,852 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    They go invisible and watch you making out with Mantavip.
  • darthpanda16
    darthpanda16 Posts: 9,471 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GMs kind of control things like in Minority Report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ

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  • Krisnda - Lost City
    Krisnda - Lost City Posts: 1,465 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    JanusZeal - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    They go invisible and watch you making out with Mantavip.
    No, No, just NO!!!

    so wrong....
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  • PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear
    PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    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

    ^ THIS IS THE TRUTH DARTH TELLS LIES b:angry
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    o and GMs also has teh scary powah to eat siggies.
    b:surrender
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  • PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear
    PsychicHarpy - Heavens Tear Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    MagicHamsta - Lost City wrote: »
    o and GMs also has teh scary powah to eat siggies.
    b:surrender

    THEY BE WAFFLE MEN WITH BELGIUM WAFFLE MAKERS b:angry
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  • VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver
    VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,099 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GMs hold the almighty banhammer.b:shocked

    They can also get you out of places that you're not supposed to be in (so they can ban you for getting there in the first placeb:shocked).b:cute
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  • ZAPATON - Sanctuary
    ZAPATON - Sanctuary Posts: 875 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Krisnda - Lost City wrote: »
    ZAPATON - Sanctuary wrote: »
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    lol what just happened here?

    Another of the things GMs can do happened. Have a nice day.
    Madness?

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  • Aclucius - Lost City
    Aclucius - Lost City Posts: 260 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    MANray_ - Sanctuary wrote: »
    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

    This.


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  • ArchAngel - Dreamweaver
    ArchAngel - Dreamweaver Posts: 172 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Generically speaking, GMs are supposed to know the game mechanics(at least stuff that are implemented) and how things work in this version of the game. They are also our voice and are in contact with the devs.
  • Gve - Sanctuary
    Gve - Sanctuary Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Promivius - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    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.

    as eatwithspoon says they are only give the info they recievce not all have play the _riginal_ i think
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  • Iredyn - Sanctuary
    Iredyn - Sanctuary Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I always get a big laugh out of what ppl think GMs do & what they ask them to do.

    Seriously... telling GMs to fix the game is like asking your dentist's receptionist to give you a root canal.

    And blaming GMs for game issues is like blaming the guys at the carwash when your Toyota runs down a sidewalk full of people because the brakes failed.

    They are simply "Customer Service"

    If you don't understand what that is... look it up ... that's what the internet is for. b:chuckle
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GM's can Ban you. That is all you need to know.

    ~S
  • Iredyn - Sanctuary
    Iredyn - Sanctuary Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Saitada - Sanctuary wrote: »
    GM's can Ban you. That is all you need to know.

    ~S

    Exactly... b:chuckle

    Thanks Sai :)
  • Astoru - Heavens Tear
    Astoru - Heavens Tear Posts: 822 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GM's are basically in-game babysitters of the player base. They're able to identify specific player ID's and track them where-ever they go, and teleport to them on a whim. They also respond to the player tickets that are submitted in game, though most of them probably get ignored 'cause of all the false accusations that get thrown around all the time.
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  • Iredyn - Sanctuary
    Iredyn - Sanctuary Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Astoru - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    GM's are basically in-game babysitters of the player base. They're able to identify specific player ID's and track them where-ever they go, and teleport to them on a whim. They also respond to the player tickets that are submitted in game, though most of them probably get ignored 'cause of all the false accusations that get thrown around all the time.

    This sounds as though all players are little kids. I'm 30 and have a LOT of friends who don't need babysitting on the game.

    "Customer Service" isn't babysitting.

    And I really don't think GMs stalk players. If they did I hardly think W. Arch on Sanctuary sever would have such delightful characters such as HatedSoul making everyone miserable on a CONSTANT basis as they do.
  • Astoru - Heavens Tear
    Astoru - Heavens Tear Posts: 822 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Iredyn - Sanctuary wrote: »
    This sounds as though all players are little kids. I'm 30 and have a LOT of friends who don't need babysitting on the game.

    "Customer Service" isn't babysitting.

    And I really don't think GMs stalk players. If they did I hardly think W. Arch on Sanctuary sever would have such delightful characters such as HatedSoul making everyone miserable on a CONSTANT basis as they do.
    If you're talking about PK at W. Arch....so? It's not against the rules.

    And yes, in game GM's are practically babysitters. It's the forum GM's that handle most the customer service.
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  • Alliptica - Lost City
    Alliptica - Lost City Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    this makes me think that there is a buildng for the PWE company with a bunch of GMs sitting around in their cubicles talking frantically about how to fix all the games problems xD
  • Astoru - Heavens Tear
    Astoru - Heavens Tear Posts: 822 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Alliptica - Lost City wrote: »
    this makes me think that there is a buildng for the PWE company with a bunch of GMs sitting around in their cubicles talking frantically about how to fix all the games problems xD
    Those would be Devs. GM's are just hired hands that log on to GM authority enabled accounts to monitor the servers/forum.
    ●Wizard (Male) - Fasditious and pretentious, carries the arrogance of intellectual superiority. Feels the need to remind everyone of his world-ending power, but grows a little manic and unhinged when he finally is allowed to unleash it. "Ahh-hahahahaha!! NOW YOU ALL BURN!!!!"
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  • Iredyn - Sanctuary
    Iredyn - Sanctuary Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Astoru - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    If you're talking about PK at W. Arch....so? It's not against the rules.

    And yes, in game GM's are practically babysitters. It's the forum GM's that handle most the customer service.

    Fail assumption. Did I say PK? No. Seriously, if you don't know what someone is talking about it's better just to keep the presumptions to yourself.

    And again... if you want to tag yourself as a baby that's your business but I don't see GM's babysitting ANYONE or ANYTHING. In fact, we rarely see them at all.

    I'd hardly say that's babysitting. Because if they are babysitting they are doing a really bad job. From what I've read from PWI, babysitting players, isn't in their job description.
  • Astoru - Heavens Tear
    Astoru - Heavens Tear Posts: 822 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Iredyn - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Fail assumption. Did I say PK? No. Seriously, if you don't know what someone is talking about it's better just to keep the presumptions to yourself.
    lol u mad? If it's not PK, then what possibly can he do that is so horrible?

    I swear, it seems Sanctuary/Dreamweaver are even more carebear than HT.
    And again... if you want to tag yourself as a baby that's your business but I don't see GM's babysitting ANYONE or ANYTHING. In fact, we rarely see them at all.
    Missed the point b:scorn
    I'd hardly say that's babysitting. Because if they are babysitting they are doing a really bad job. From what I've read from PWI, babysitting players, isn't in their job description.
    What do they do then?

    1. Respond to tickets that are usually just bickering between two players that hate eachother.
    2. Punish people for breaking rules (i.e. PKing in the cube lobby)
    3. Organize little games for us to do now and then to keep us amused.

    AKA babysitting
    ●Wizard (Male) - Fasditious and pretentious, carries the arrogance of intellectual superiority. Feels the need to remind everyone of his world-ending power, but grows a little manic and unhinged when he finally is allowed to unleash it. "Ahh-hahahahaha!! NOW YOU ALL BURN!!!!"
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  • BarbHammer - Heavens Tear
    BarbHammer - Heavens Tear Posts: 215 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GMs do what they do, yes people blame everything on them, no it's not their fault. Yes people flame a GM for something that they don't like. Again not their fault. GMs are here to help you with certain problems that are within their control to fix. You want to flame, write e-mail to the main PW in China and flame them. They are the ones that deserve it. Not the GMs
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  • DeathBanana - Heavens Tear
    DeathBanana - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,674 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ophida - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    There are a bunch of jobs currently advertised for the company (including web designer b:chuckle)

    LOL, that just made my night.
    darthpanda16 wrote: »
    GMs kind of control things like in Minority Report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ

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  • Iredyn - Sanctuary
    Iredyn - Sanctuary Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Astoru - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    lol u mad? If it's not PK, then what possibly can he do that is so horrible?

    I swear, it seems Sanctuary/Dreamweaver are even more carebear than HT.

    Missed the point b:scorn

    What do they do then?

    1. Respond to tickets that are usually just bickering between two players that hate eachother.
    2. Punish people for breaking rules (i.e. PKing in the cube lobby)
    3. Organize little games for us to do now and then to keep us amused.

    AKA babysitting

    Let's just say the keyboard is mightier than the sword and HatedSoul exploits that fact continuously for sometimes 24 hours per day in the heart of the business district where population is most dense & chat space at a premium. Kiss your business goodbye on days when he really gets going.

    As for the carebear comment... having a full range of typical human emotions is medically considered to be average, healthy & normal. Lacking them is the opposite. So I'll take that as a compliment.

    And from what I was told GM's do not handle all tickets. Only the tickets that require assistance directly inside the game which are not that many. Again, we rarely see them & I've never known a single person who asked one to PM them to get a response. I've never seen a single fight between people broken up or mediated by GMs. And I've only heard rumors they went to the cube to see if it was true someone was PKing in there. That hasn't stopped on Sanctuary server so I think that's false too.

    I've seen something funny on WC in Sanctuary though that I think says it all:

    "GM's are a myth"

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