- Jan 28, 2012
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In the past, many of us working on the TVC II agreed there should be "mini-GMs" to help DoN and Simon with the shedload of work that the TVC II can become for two very busy GMs, and to stop inactivity.
The role of these mini-GMS has yet to be set in stone, with some suggesting they should know what will happen in the current chapter(s) (and possibly several of the future ones) they are working on and be able to make significant plot progressions so that posting doesn't slow when the main GM is absent. Some think that this would only work if they were allowed to god-mod to a small extent; though it would have to be fair GMing rather than the type of control that the negative connotations of god-modding are associated with.
It is also unclear who should be these GMs, and what attributes an RPer should posses to become one. The obvious values are time, commitment, experience in several other RPs as well as this one, being able to GM fairly and communicating well with others that might have RPing issues or need help. I'm sure there's a load of other values, but these are the main ones that come to my mind at the moment. Not all of them have to be possessed by a mini-GM, though; they're just recommended.
So, as DoN seemed to approve of the mini-GM idea (I think? My memory isn't the best! Gulp!) I've started a thread to determine if there should be mini-GMs, and if so, what their purpose should be and who they should be. This thread is designed for a discussion about what they should do and one about who they should be, and includes a poll - its purpose is to determine who should be a mini-GM (vote for your most likely choice). Please don't vote for yourself in the poll. Finally, it is designed to determine how many mini-GMs there should be.
Of course, the purpose of this thread may change entirely. It is little more than focused to clear up most of the matter of mini-GMing before DoN returns.
Note: the poll only contains members who have posted in chapters 2, 3, 4 or 5, because the others are likely to have abandoned this RP. Count Krieger von Blustein is not included in this poll because the last OOC post he made here said he no longer had time to RP in the TVC II.
Edit: the options in the poll were posted in a particular order; that is, the order in which their names appeared in the signup thread. This is not a preference, merely the way I approached the task of creating the poll. xD
The role of these mini-GMS has yet to be set in stone, with some suggesting they should know what will happen in the current chapter(s) (and possibly several of the future ones) they are working on and be able to make significant plot progressions so that posting doesn't slow when the main GM is absent. Some think that this would only work if they were allowed to god-mod to a small extent; though it would have to be fair GMing rather than the type of control that the negative connotations of god-modding are associated with.
It is also unclear who should be these GMs, and what attributes an RPer should posses to become one. The obvious values are time, commitment, experience in several other RPs as well as this one, being able to GM fairly and communicating well with others that might have RPing issues or need help. I'm sure there's a load of other values, but these are the main ones that come to my mind at the moment. Not all of them have to be possessed by a mini-GM, though; they're just recommended.
So, as DoN seemed to approve of the mini-GM idea (I think? My memory isn't the best! Gulp!) I've started a thread to determine if there should be mini-GMs, and if so, what their purpose should be and who they should be. This thread is designed for a discussion about what they should do and one about who they should be, and includes a poll - its purpose is to determine who should be a mini-GM (vote for your most likely choice). Please don't vote for yourself in the poll. Finally, it is designed to determine how many mini-GMs there should be.
Of course, the purpose of this thread may change entirely. It is little more than focused to clear up most of the matter of mini-GMing before DoN returns.
Note: the poll only contains members who have posted in chapters 2, 3, 4 or 5, because the others are likely to have abandoned this RP. Count Krieger von Blustein is not included in this poll because the last OOC post he made here said he no longer had time to RP in the TVC II.
Edit: the options in the poll were posted in a particular order; that is, the order in which their names appeared in the signup thread. This is not a preference, merely the way I approached the task of creating the poll. xD