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* Talk with other admins and share your thoughts |
* Talk with other admins and share your thoughts |
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* Be active |
* Be active |
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* Check [[Stendhal:Administration]] for update to GM commands and guideline jail times. |
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* If in game, /gmhelp reminds you of commands |
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* When you punish someone, have evidence and be fair |
* When you punish someone, have evidence and be fair |
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* If possible, warn a player before you punish him, what will happen to him. Then he has the chance to stop. |
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* Don't give weapons, armor, potions, money or any other items to players with no fair reason. Tell them to play the game; you may give some advice but don't spoil the fun by giving away all the secrets. They must find stuff out themselves |
* Don't give weapons, armor, potions, money or any other items to players with no fair reason. Tell them to play the game; you may give some advice but don't spoil the fun by giving away all the secrets. They must find stuff out themselves |
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* Don't do favors to specific players or treat other ones badly (unless necessary as part of your GM duties) |
* Don't do favors to specific players or treat other ones badly (unless necessary as part of your GM duties) |
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* When you think you must do something serious, like a permanent ban on an account/player, contact the other GMs and discuss it |
* When you think you must do something serious, like a permanent ban on an account/player, contact the other GMs and discuss it |
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* Respect the others GMs and expect the same respect from them. Demand respect from players |
* Respect the others GMs and expect the same respect from them. Demand respect from players |
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* Try to ignore annoying players as much as possible, Answering them just encourages them. Do punish abuse of the /support channel if it is repeated and you've already warned the player in question that they will be punished if they do it again. |
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* Inspect players, punish annoying ones, reward the good ones ('''EDIT from steve: what does inspect players mean? how do u define annoying? surely rewarding players kinda goes against the above points (i.e. dont give them stuff)...its a bit too subjective... maybe remove this line''') |
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* Notice and praise the players who help others and who play nicely. It will make you feel better about all the annoying ones, and they will like to be appreciated. |
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* Organize monster raids or other events or games |
* Organize monster raids or other events or games |
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= Final thoughts = |
= Final thoughts = |
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You will notice that the word "fair" is used many times above and not without good reason, it's the most important quality of a GM. |
You will notice that the word "fair" is used many times above and not without good reason, it's the most important quality of a GM. |
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