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Gonethes |
Posted - 2007.08.16 10:38:00 - [ 1]
I have been wondering how the GMs manage? The GMs are flying Solaris ships. Whatever that is. They are helping people around the Universe with possible and impossible tasks. They get money playing our favorite game. GMs are not in any major corps, at least, they are not part of the governing section. And not with their working account. Now, I am wondering if a GM can take some time from his work and explain what it really is being a GM. How does he help people, do they, like waiters have certain areas to service, are people grateful or do they demand more and more, dealing with in-game macroing, exploits and scams. Do you even plan ahead when you're offline, much like most of us do?  |
Cypherous
Minmatar
Lions of Judah Incorporated
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Posted - 2007.08.16 11:06:00 - [ 2]
Firstly its polaris frigs and from what i understand of it they don't use the standard EVE client they use a different one which they restrict to office use only (atleast thats what i remember from the last GM recruitment thread that was posted a long while back) basically they would just answer all those petitions people file and would look at logs and whatever to see if its a real petition or whatever.
Would be nice to see a diary of a typical day though :P |
Lanu
0utbreak
Outbreak. |
Posted - 2007.08.16 11:33:00 - [ 3]
Indeed would like to see a day out of a GM life.
Are you always online on tranq when your at work or do you mostly use the web interface ( I thought I read something about there being this web interface for gm's? )? |
Cornucopian
Gallente
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2007.08.16 11:34:00 - [ 4]
Ahem.... "A Day in the life of a GM." 7:00 AM: Wake up next to Dark Shikari 7:01 AM: Scream 7:30 AM: done with shower and breakfast, new record! 8:30 AM: at WORK 9:00 AM: done chatting to people, refilled snazzy alu brushed coffee mug with engraved eve logo 9:10 AM: check out the forums, tell ISD to delete all threads that annoy me. 9:15 AM: crack knuckles, open petition folder.... watch as a piece of myself dies everytime I open the folder. 12:00 PM: sigh, and close petition folder 200 petitions done: 90% reimbursement whines due to lag/desynch. 9% EULA violation petitions. 0.9% whines about the eveshop not delivering. 0.1% whines about how dark shikari is sleeping with CCP staff. 12:01 PM: re-read last petition... wasn't that a GM alt petitioning that? blush a deep red.... would anyone already KNOW about the affair with DS? 12:02 PM: break for lunch, call in sick, jump back in bed.... find a blue little spiderbot from GITS in bed.... scream.... run to moms. THE END  any real GM's care to prove me wrong? ? ??  |
GM Nova
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Posted - 2007.08.16 11:41:00 - [ 5]
I always wanted to be a Lion Tamer.
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ISD Huitzilopochtli Tlaloc
ISD YARR
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Posted - 2007.08.16 11:51:00 - [ 6]
 Originally by: GM Nova
I always wanted to be a Lion Tamer.
Maybe you could be a Faolchu Tamer? i suppose it would be more like a pokemon trainer but thats close enough |
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire |
Posted - 2007.08.16 11:54:00 - [ 7]
You mean they, unlike the rest of us have a life?!  did I mention I have no life and want a Veldspar BPO? |
Kimiko Kurosawa
The Krugerrand Groupies |
Posted - 2007.08.16 12:35:00 - [ 8]
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Impinge
Minmatar
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation |
Posted - 2007.08.16 12:37:00 - [ 9]
I would say thier life is.....busy lol.
Personally, I would rather like to know just how someone can become an EvE GM? Do you just apply to CCP? Do you have to resort to blackmail, threats and so on lol.
Seems to me to be quite a worthwhile job, well, better than my real life one anyway. |
Some Caldari
Caldari
Sanguine Legion
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Posted - 2007.08.16 12:51:00 - [ 10]
Many seem to think you have to sleep your way to the top. |
Virtuozzo
The Collective
Against ALL Authorities |
Posted - 2007.08.16 13:04:00 - [ 11]
Simple: GM's don't have a life. They work 24/7 in a permanent siege mode fueled by beer.
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Larg Kellein
Caldari
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire |
Posted - 2007.08.16 13:08:00 - [ 12]
Anyone notice that Nova did *not* deny Cornucopian's claims? Muhahahah |
Gonethes |
Posted - 2007.08.16 13:10:00 - [ 13]
Originally by: Virtuozzo
Simple: GM's don't have a life. They work 24/7 in a permanent siege mode fueled by beer.
There's no 24/7 in Eve... only 23/7 We are all down for an hour every day  |
Cornucopian
Gallente
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2007.08.16 13:27:00 - [ 14]
the mini day in a life of a GM including DS was a joke, just to make sure that no one misconstrueueus it as a whine or jibe in DS's direction. all good natured fun of course :-)  |
CCP Xhagen
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Posted - 2007.08.16 14:59:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Cornucopian
the mini day in a life of a GM including DS was a joke, just to make sure that no one misconstrueueus it as a whine or jibe in DS's direction. all good natured fun of course :-)
You don't see me smiling do you? |
Tarminic
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore |
Posted - 2007.08.16 15:04:00 - [ 16]
Originally by: Cornucopian
7:00 AM: Wake up next to Dark Shikari
7:01 AM: Scream
7:30 AM: done with shower and breakfast, new record!
...
12:00 PM: sigh, and close petition folder 200 petitions done: 90% reimbursement whines due to lag/desynch. 9% EULA violation petitions. 0.9% whines about the eveshop not delivering. 0.1% whines about how dark shikari is sleeping with CCP staff.
12:01 PM: re-read last petition... wasn't that a GM alt petitioning that? blush a deep red.... would anyone already KNOW about the affair with DS?
12:02 PM: break for lunch, call in sick, jump back in bed.... find a blue little spiderbot from GITS in bed.... scream.... run to moms.
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LMAAAOOOO |
Posted - 2007.08.16 16:08:00 - [ 17]
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Cardice Makar
Dark Knights of Deneb |
Posted - 2007.08.16 16:37:00 - [ 18]
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Jim McGregor |
Posted - 2007.08.16 16:41:00 - [ 19]
Originally by: GM Xhagen
You don't see me smiling do you?
Ive heard that working in customer support can do permanent damage to your ability to enjoy helping people. |
Kimiko Kurosawa
The Krugerrand Groupies |
Posted - 2007.08.16 18:35:00 - [ 20]
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Victor Valka
Caldari
The Kairos Syndicate
Transmission Lost |
Posted - 2007.08.16 19:09:00 - [ 21]
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Cornucopian
Gallente
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2007.08.16 19:43:00 - [ 22]
Originally by: Cardice Makar
Originally by: GM Xhagen
Originally by: Cornucopian
the mini day in a life of a GM including DS was a joke, just to make sure that no one misconstrueueus it as a whine or jibe in DS's direction. all good natured fun of course :-)
You don't see me smiling do you?
This... and no DS response... uhoh! Someone's getting banned!
oh ****!!! well.... it was fun while it lasted people.... see you in infinity when it goes live..... anyway, I wont feed the trolls, but most people used to be able to spot humor..... whatever happened to the days they could enjoy it too! eep.... .....also GMs have the coolest service rep job IN THE WORLD.... I mean, you get to call yourself game master for pete sake! I think ill shut up now.... |
GM Tacgnol
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Posted - 2007.08.16 19:44:00 - [ 23]
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John McFly
Ganja Labs
Pure. |
Posted - 2007.08.16 19:59:00 - [ 24]
Edited by: John McFly on 16/08/2007 19:59:32
0805: Stroll in to office late, what're they gonna do, petition me?
0806: Open up petition folder, read first petition
0810: That was one long whine, *delete without response*
0811: Smoke break
0818: Back at desk, open next petition
0819: BoB podded me whine, *generic "you got pwn3d, just admit it" response*
0820: Open next petition
0822: Petition included "This imaginery internet spaceship game", *reimbursement*.
0823: Open yet another petition with a vague subject line
0834: Petition thinks internet is serious business, and attached Caturday image, *delete user account*
0835: Hear there's a CNR loaded up with named smartbombs undocking from Jita 4-4, log in to watch carnage
0840: Spends rest of day answering petitions about CNR smartbombing Jita 4-4. |
ISD Cobray Aine
ISD Interstellar Correspondents
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:00:00 - [ 25]
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CCP Xhagen
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:02:00 - [ 26]
Originally by: Cornucopian
Originally by: Cardice Makar
Originally by: GM Xhagen
Originally by: Cornucopian
the mini day in a life of a GM including DS was a joke, just to make sure that no one misconstrueueus it as a whine or jibe in DS's direction. all good natured fun of course :-)
You don't see me smiling do you?
This... and no DS response... uhoh! Someone's getting banned!
oh ****!!!
well.... it was fun while it lasted people.... see you in infinity when it goes live..... anyway, I wont feed the trolls, but most people used to be able to spot humor..... whatever happened to the days they could enjoy it too!
eep....
.....also GMs have the coolest service rep job IN THE WORLD.... I mean, you get to call yourself game master for pete sake!
I think ill shut up now....
/me giggles I was just waiting for you to break. And it worked. CS jobs don't rob you of fun and happiness, they give you abnormal insight into human behavior. And me, being here for more than 4 and half years now, I'm not going anywhere. And I would like you to be careful with the troll feeding, because as a member of the "Icelandic friend-of-troll association" (it is real, just ask your local icelander to look it up  under Hiđ Íslenska Tröllavinafélag) I know trolls intimately. Some have even gone so far to say that I'm a troll... Anyways, don't you worry about us GMs, we love doing what we do... we are the only department within CCP that has multiple fronts, with both the customers and CCP. |
Cornucopian
Gallente
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:07:00 - [ 27]
Originally by: GM Xhagen
Originally by: Cornucopian
Originally by: Cardice Makar
Originally by: GM Xhagen
Originally by: Cornucopian
the mini day in a life of a GM including DS was a joke, just to make sure that no one misconstrueueus it as a whine or jibe in DS's direction. all good natured fun of course :-)
You don't see me smiling do you?
This... and no DS response... uhoh! Someone's getting banned!
oh ****!!!
well.... it was fun while it lasted people.... see you in infinity when it goes live..... anyway, I wont feed the trolls, but most people used to be able to spot humor..... whatever happened to the days they could enjoy it too!
eep....
.....also GMs have the coolest service rep job IN THE WORLD.... I mean, you get to call yourself game master for pete sake!
I think ill shut up now....
/me giggles
I was just waiting for you to break. And it worked. CS jobs don't rob you of fun and happiness, they give you abnormal insight into human behavior. And me, being here for more than 4 and half years now, I'm not going anywhere.
And I would like you to be careful with the troll feeding, because as a member of the "Icelandic friend-of-troll association" (it is real, just ask your local icelander to look it up under Hiđ Íslenska Tröllavinafélag) I know trolls intimately.
Some have even gone so far to say that I'm a troll...
Anyways, don't you worry about us GMs, we love doing what we do... we are the only department within CCP that has multiple fronts, with both the customers and CCP.
YAY!!! me happy, thanks for not splatting my account!! are the icelandic trolls those wooden ones with the big hair and noses??? |
An Anarchyyt
Gallente
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation |
Posted - 2007.08.16 20:09:00 - [ 28]
Internet Customer service isn't quite as bad as the other types though. Because while the people are equally as stupid, you don't have to hear them, or look at them. And, if you just close your eyes, it is like they don't exist. |
CCP Xhagen
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:10:00 - [ 29]
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Cornucopian
Gallente
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:14:00 - [ 30]
COOL!!! the icelandic mother christmas lives in a cave and was married 3 times, and shes a horror monster!!!
and she has a big black horror cat of christmas!! father christmas is SO PWNED! |
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