Lead GM (one of 2 GMs total) has quit (or was fired.. who knows)

Slapshot1188

Here's the announcement:

 

 

Today, 10:06	#1 (permalink)
Discord vbmenu_register("postmenu_1040554", true); Lead Game Master     Join Date: Jan 2010	Change of Leadership As of October 19, 2010 Pompeii has left the Game Master team. I will assume the role of Lead Game Master and continue what he built up. In the coming weeks I will improve many things related such as support tickets and ingame support. Stay tuned for another announcement.

ltank

Mmkay.

HerculesSAS

This is the second time he's "quit". I guess he'll just come back under yet another name.

Slapshot1188

[snip]  If that were the case they would have let him post on his own and he also would have kept his GOLD/RED/Whatever color status on the forums.  It also would have been posted in advance... it was obviously a sudden decision when they announce it after the fact.

 

Also.. what was strange was that Maerlyn did not post this..   they let the guy taking over for Pomeii post that Pompeii left and he was taking over.  Very strange...

 

 

[Mod edit]

 

EDIT: To give context.. apparently a mod deleted the post I was quoting.   I won''t detail the other post except to clarify my own post.  I was replying to a suggestion that the GM in question may have taken another job with the company.

ange10

maybe he found a new job?

HanoverZ

So they're down to one "real"  GM?

ange10

like most games there is one community manager and a lead gm who is also paid and then there are volunteer mods etc and GMS but there are some games with a paid support.

but you can't expect this with niche market games, like most games, support fails lol, like calling support lines >.< etc.

but i have mixed feelings about the gm system, at times they can be instant but at times there can be no one around.

but the game is hardcore in its learning curve and gms won't really help in that sense and will only give u starter tools if your a noob for example in the past or move you if your stuck or if you need to report an exploit or get a devs attention to a certain mechinic like siege system.

but in the past being stuck was like the biggest issue ever but now there is a simple fix to being stuck and that is spamming WWWW at the loading screen which will teleport you to the nearest town.

Slapshot1188

I have never played a game that only had a single GM.. and I've pretty much played em all.  Heck even Darkfall had quite a few GMs and that was a similar niche company.   I know because I used to have conversations with them while I snuck around cities and reported the exploiters who were AFK macroing inside walls etc...

 

 Heck.. 1 GM doesn't even give you 24/7 coverage.  So assuming he works 40 hours out of the week (no clue what they work in Sweeden)  that means that 76% of the time there will be no GM online.

 

That's a huge issue.