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I hereby nominate Derpella for GM. She knows everything and would rule with an iron fist. I support her GM campaign, *donates 1kk GP*

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OK.
I am done with tricky nominations. All people keep talking,how the polls are about a person. Please, Manawordlians, prove it to me, that it's not about who nominated, with which words, but about if you think a person is suitable, or not.

1. I am often in the hours uncovered by GM's.
2. I am a fresh blood. GM's are not only the keepers of the rules, but also representatives of people in GHP. I am friends with very various people. I know what are the feelings of normal players, not only the North American 99'ers. This could be a real change. I am female, European, not a native English speaker. You need it.
3. From the other hand, I have no problem to talk with People Of Power. I always say what I think straight, but I care not to make the fight for some game elements getting personal.
4. I have a huge experience with dealing with people online. I was a moderator on a really big forums. You can say "well, this is not the same". Believe me, it is. And unlike current GM's I can deal with the kiddos.
5. Some trolls are very unhappy with things I wrote, about the need of bigger strictness. You must understand. If you are a white guy, some "politically incorrect jokes" can seem cool, edgy, and not really offensive. Sometimes even the have delusion of "protecting free speech". However, it is a big "screw you" for the people whose race, gender, orientation, is a butt of it.
The other thing, when I see GM's behaving like a good uncles to 12-year old spammers, I just...


So. Read this post and vote as you like.

cardmaster wrote:If you voted for Chicka i would vote :3

This poll is nothing about me, vote on your opinion about derpella.

Regards,

She got my voice.

Derpella wrote:And unlike current GM's I can deal with the kiddos.

The other thing, when I see GM's behaving like a good uncles to 12-year old spammers, I just...

You know I like you, and support your nomination... but when a large chunk of your first comment here is pretty much saying that we need you because you're Not American, and Not male... not to mention, pointing out what you believe to be flaws of "too lenient" GMs, to favorably compare yourself.. This doesn't really say much of anything about You in particular, on top of coming off a bit abrasively.

Bottom line: You should be able to get votes, on your own merits, not because of your region, or because of what you perceive to be the downfalls of others in the position of GM. I fully believe you're capable of this, I just think you didn't use a very effective opening comment here.

My suggestion: Try talking more about yourself - that you know the game, show how you could be capable of putting your personal feelings about what people say aside, to act fairly and impartially, and also that you can accept your own limitations even as a GM - surprisingly, the hardest part is often the times where you are Not supposed to act, when you truly feel inclined to. Try not to take this as criticism - or, just take it constructively, and use it effectively to win yourself some votes .

Thank you

Yes, my post was aggressive. I was trollnominated again and I meant to show that I will fight this time.
Yes, some of my friends are North American 99'ers. But because I actively try to help newbies, I met many of the most different people. I have a wide view of what lower level players want. I also know french-speaking community well.
I play for more than half of year. I played few years ago, but left. I know the atmosphere of TMW well. Some of people I met in my guild are like very real life friends to me.
I always tried to be active. Because I am not good with pixelart nor coding, I translated manaplus for my language, helped with testing tmw and official client a bit, created TVTropes article.
And, as I said earlier, I have experience.

i didnt know deprella was a girl

I support Derpella for GM:

• She is a very nice, frank, fair, and cheerful person.
• She knows how to help with much efficiency.
• She is able to forget her own feelings when common interests requires it.
• She is able to keep calm even when under aggressive behaviour (and after too).
• She speaks English very well.
• She has a good sense of humour.
• She is able to say "I don't know" when she doesn't know.
• She is able to apologize when she was wrong.
• She accepts to be a GM more to help than to get some kind of recognition.
• She is faithful in frienship.

these are my main criterions. I may add that she is a good player, and that I never saw her break any game rule "stricto sensu " as in "common sense".

Nard wrote:I support Derpella for GM:

• She is a very nice, frank, fair, and cheerful person.
• She knows how to help with much efficiency.
• She is able to forget her own feelings when common interests requires it.
• She is able to keep calm even when under aggressive behaviour (and after too).
• She speaks English very well.
• She has a good sense of humour.
• She is able to say "I don't know" when she doesn't know.
• She is able to apologize when she was wrong.
• She accepts to be a GM more to help than to get some kind of recognition.
• She is faithful in frienship.

these are my main criterions. I may add that she is a good player, and that I never saw her break any game rule "stricto sensu " as in "common sense".

Agreed

I voted yes because she is a frequent player. She is nice to others, she's been around for a while and can be helpful. And yes, the fact that she is online at times that are not covered by Gms is important. Good Luck!

Derpella you've got my vote and I would love to see you as our new GM .

This thread is a big disaster, but thank you very much for your nice words :D

promo ingame!