GM Signups & Discussion Thread

[Kasimir he/him]

I've sent my ruleset in for approval. If Striker still can, I'll consider it pre-approval; otherwise I'm ready to run and don't think it should take too much wrangling in committee because it's not especially complicated.

[Tea Leaf]

How does one go about being a GM? Particularly for a LG? Since this would be my first time so a Co-GM would help. 

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

1 minute ago, The Last Fæ said:

How does one go about being a GM? Particularly for a LG? Since this would be my first time so a Co-GM would help. 

You just ask to sign up for a LG slot and when it gets down to you, you can run your game once you get approval from the Committee and the IMs. And generally if you ask for a Co-GM you'll get one. Though you can preapprove your rules or ask for help in creating one in the Game Creation thread and once your rule set is complete you can send it in for early approval since it might be a while before you can run a game

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

1 hour ago, The Wandering Wizard said:

generally if you ask for a Co-GM you'll get one.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Can I sign up for a QF, a MR, and an LG plez

[Kasimir he/him]

52 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Can I sign up for a QF, a MR, and an LG plez

Done.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Can I make my MR slot anonymous? Or do I need to sign up for a new slot to do that?

Also (relatedly): @StrikerEZ do you want to run the next MR, or can I?

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

35 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Can I make my MR slot anonymous? Or do I need to sign up for a new slot to do that?

Also (relatedly): @StrikerEZ do you want to run the next MR, or can I?

I believe there is a games played/run requirement, but that might only be for AG, I don't remember. 

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

On 12/22/2020 at 8:22 AM, Elbereth said:

If you would like to run an Anonymous Game, you need to have played at least 10 SE games and GMed at least 4 (co-GMing does count for this).

Aw shoot.

[StrikerEZ he/him]

@Szeth_Pancakes Hey sorry I've been insanely busy. This summer is turning out to be more hectic than I'd planned. You can take the next MR, if you haven't already.

[Stick. she/her]

Sign me up for a MR slot, thanks 

[Kasimir he/him]

2 hours ago, _Stick_ said:

Sign me up for a MR slot, thanks 

I gotchu sis.

[Ashbringer he/him]

Also, my LG's over. I hear KKC might be happening now? Or something.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

32 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

Also, my LG's over. I hear KKC might be happening now? Or something.

Ooo, the KKC might be happening?

[Kasimir he/him]

4 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Also, my LG's over. I hear KKC might be happening now? Or something.

ETA 2 weeks.

Edited to add:

On 2/5/2022 at 10:11 AM, Elbereth said:

Non-Sanderson Games: The requirement to have a pass in order to run a non-Sanderson game was implemented to reduce the number of non-Sanderson games when those were more than a third of the games being run. The effect, however, has been to make non-Sanderson games almost never run - there have only been three total in the last two years. As a result, we’re loosening the limitation somewhat: every fifth game in a format may be a non-Sanderson game. Pass-holders still have their passes, and may use them to run a non-Sanderson game whenever they want.

This rule keeps getting lost so I'm going to put it here for my SAN.

Worth noting for everyone that there is a tracker in GM sign-ups for how far we are from the next passless non-Sanderson game (check the blue counted in the Past Games tab, blue marks a non-SE game without a pass):

QF: Last passless game was QF62 - I have just run QF66, so the QF non-SE slot is once again open.

MR: Last passless game was MR61. Szeth is soon running MR64, which means that after MR65, the MR non-SE slot will once again be available.

LG: No passless games have yet been run. The LG non-SE slot is open.

Edited July 4, 2023 by Kasimir

[Amanuensis he/him]

12 hours ago, Kasimir said:

LG: No passless games have yet been run. The LG non-SE slot is open.

Majora's Mask game looking kinda...

[Kasimir he/him]

On 7/5/2023 at 4:23 AM, Amanuensis said:

Majora's Mask game looking kinda...

Added an entirely new tab to the GM Signup spreadsheet that tracks now for non-pass non-Sanderson games. I think it's easier for everyone to have a clear visualisation of where we are for each category. I'll probably keep tinkering with it as we go ahead, but at least there's now an indicator for everyone.

[Archer he/him]

Just to get people thinking about it:

Next LG:

- @StrikerEZ

- @Random Bystander

- @The Known Novel

Next QF:

- @Fifth Scholar

- @StrikerEZ

- @Karnatheon

I suspect the start of the school year will dampen participantion, so consider that when deciding on start dates. 

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

I can run the QF on two conditions: 1. I find a willing co-GM who is largely available in the late evenings or very early mornings of EST and 2. you give me 2-3 days to refine my ruleset and send it to the committee. 

edit: for those of you wondering, the intended flavour is Alice in Wonderland blackout  

Edited August 21, 2023 by Fifth Scholar

[Experience he/him]

1 hour ago, Fifth Scholar said:

I can run the QF on two conditions: 1. I find a willing co-GM who is largely available in the late evenings or very early mornings of EST and 2. you give me 2-3 days to refine my ruleset and send it to the committee. 

edit: for those of you wondering, the intended flavour is Alice in Wonderland blackout  

I would like to play, but if by the end of todayish nobody else has reached out, I can help co-GM.

[JNV]

2 hours ago, Fifth Scholar said:

I can run the QF on two conditions: 1. I find a willing co-GM who is largely available in the late evenings or very early mornings of EST and 2. you give me 2-3 days to refine my ruleset and send it to the committee. 

edit: for those of you wondering, the intended flavour is Alice in Wonderland blackout  

Id also like to actually play this but I could coGM depending on your definition of late evening early morning cause by timezones I can be on til like 1 tops EST wise but Id also like to try coGMing some time so yeah

[Kasimir he/him]

2 hours ago, Fifth Scholar said:

I can run the QF on two conditions: 1. I find a willing co-GM who is largely available in the late evenings or very early mornings of EST and 2. you give me 2-3 days to refine my ruleset and send it to the committee. 

I can't help with #1 as I'm unavailable/sporadically available for the next fortnight. For #2 specifically, I'll note that I've seen the current form of the ruleset, and am saying this here and now in case there's ??? about who is excluding and can see a blackout ruleset, in case I forget ._. 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

I definitely cannot run the LG until after football, or maybe just further into it once the schedule is more consistent. 

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

10 hours ago, JNV said:

Id also like to actually play this but I could coGM depending on your definition of late evening early morning cause by timezones I can be on til like 1 tops EST wise but Id also like to try coGMing some time so yeah

Would be happy to have you on board! My proposed rollover times would be 9:30 PM EDT or 4:00 AM EDT, so if the former works for you, I'd be thrilled to have the help. Though I'd warn you that co-GMing with me on this blackout will probably not be representative of the normative GMing experience  

[JNV]

Just now, Fifth Scholar said:

Would be happy to have you on board! My proposed rollover times would be 9:30 PM EDT or 4:00 AM EDT, so if the former works for you, I'd be thrilled to have the help. Though I'd warn you that co-GMing with me on this blackout will probably not be representative of the normative GMing experience  

Yeah yeah yeah sounds great sounds great this is going to be so much fun thanks so much