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Godmodding Prevention Act of 2007

Should there be a Department of Roleplaying Law Enforcement?

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The Jeffinator

The Jeffinator

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Okay all, I won't name my sources, but I have received complaints from several people that the reason they do not want to join my games is because of the presence of godmodders. So, I say this right here and now, godmodding will NOT be tolerated in my games, at all. If I get more than one complaint about a person godmodding, they're gone -- yes, that even goes for you, Dragon. If you abuse the co-GM status, you lose it.



List of Roleplayers who support the Godmodding Prevention Act:

The Jeffinator
FenixZero
Bluemage
The Roman Man
Fukensploogin
Katamari Roller
Wulfette
Poohlive
OnHarry
Dragonrazor
Nibbles N Tits
Mephistophelily
Mayu
 
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*steps up to the podium, shakes Jeffinator's hand and signs the GPA of 2007.*
 
Thanks for your signature. I will add a list of all those who sign by editting the first post.
 
I am new, but I am a firm believer that godmodding without permission is entirely messed up. So, I sign this as well!
 
Representing the latin-American and Spanish world... Katamari Roller approves of this act. *signs*
 
I think you should write up a definition, and I mean a really good definition of what it is, and what it takes to God mode here in the threads. That way people can see and understand very clearly what it is, and how it can be stopped in the threads.

Then, maybe perhaps a list of people god modding? I don't know, I don't feel like I god mode... I received several comments on my writing, but I have been told I'm pushy from time to time. Am I part of this list?

I don't want to blackball people in the threads here, make some sort of list of people not to role play with... but maybe nudge some people who don't know whether or not they do it in the right direction. It could be RPG intervention.

We sit him down, all his friends and family are surrounding him. Mom is in the corner, and starts to cry hysterically as soon as he enters the room.

"Listen, Billy... you've been god moding."

Then, we go through the five stages of God moding. First denial (no, I'm not god moding) then anger (you're god moding, you jackass!) bargaining (I'll only god mode on the weekends, I promise) depression (if I can't god mode, what can I do? All is lost) and finally acceptance (ok, no more god moding. Wow, my role playing is way better now, hurray!)

Because there is this freedom of writing here that people easily take for granted, hence the god moding. In regular RPG, there's a list of skills and feats and certain checks you do, you roll the dice, and the outcome of the random role alongside any modifiers is what happened. So, if you want to slice the head off of an ogre in one swing, you look at your strength, and how familiar you are with your weapon, experience with fighting... specifically ogres, and then role and hope for the best.

In this sort of writing forum there's no checks or balances. So, if Billy is a 18 year old farmer who spends his times tending sheep and chopping up carrots hacks a group of large ogres to pieces with his trusty shovel... well, he can write it. No one is there to GM over and say it's not possible.

Few threads even use GM's, it's more like collaborative story telling, with no one really in charge to keep people in line and story flowing.

So, I feel this is a valuable addition, and would like to be signed up... but I think we do need some clarity, and possibly some offenders (even if it is me, sad face)
 
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you want real godmodding, go on the Yahoo Chatrooms, if they still exist...there are lots of RPers there who godmod
 
my two cents

I think more than a Godmodding Prevention Act, we need people to understand how to play, what is expected of them and what they can rightfully expect of others. More people need to be shown the rules that are posted under Online Role Playing, they certainly apply to Sexual Role Playing. SRP only has the forum guidelines under the rules, while everyone should be familiar with those guidelines, knowing roleplay standards will enhance the experience for everyone participating.

Roleplay Rules

In many cases, simply knowing the rules will cut down on the problem.

I also want to add that I think it is great that this has finally been brought up for discussion.
 
OnHarry said:
Okay I'll ask what is godmodding or moding?
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God-modding happens mostly in threads like ours, where characters do not have stats or require dice rolling. God-modding is when a player breaks certain rules to make his/her character carry out his goals, short-term or long-term, no matter how improbable it is to be able to do so, or if this conflicts with the plans of another player (who in story terms should be prevalent) or with the GM's.



For example, in a fantasy setting, imagine a group of characters is surrounded by a huge number of Orks. A situation imposed by the GM, for example. In this case, god-modding would be me wiping out the Ork army while bare-handed and saving the group, or magically coming across a escape, or challenging out the Ork leader and defeating him.

All of this written in my own post, by me, without asking the GM or anyone else if it was Ok for me to do that.

Usually, you are supposed to say that your character will try to do something, and the GM will tell you if you manage to carry out your action. For example, shooting at someone. If you write that you shoot, hit and kill, all in the same post without giving the GM/players the chance to dodge, or to have your gun jam, or miss, you are god-modding.


For matters of simplification, this is how I define God-Modding:
When a roleplay does not use stats or dice, that's where the GM steps in. If a player steps into the GM's place, that's God-Modding.
 
i suppose i'll sign, since i seem to be the only one here who's seen REAL godmodding
 
Oh, I've seen it. I've even done it a time or three... or at least been accused of it. This was years ago when I would run different characters inside of a thread, sometimes to just move the plot along. Make up a mail man to deliver some important letter to the hero, or whatnot.

But, my godmoding was for plot purposes, to make the story more dramatic, to move things forward, or backward, to create tension. I had a fine line of godmoding that a lot of people for a time just accepted because it was really good writing with really good results.

Most people god mode for the simple purpose of looking cool though. Because, everyone wants to be the guy who dashes in to save the day. We want to run into four security guards at once and take them all out using tae kwon do our grandfather taught us that one summer in Japan.

We want to have the bloody battles, nearly dying to save the day from what is it, ten, twenty, a hundred foes? To have learned ancient chinese medicines to get up miraculously the next day and do it all over again. I've seen that done a few times.

The cool magical weapons that are stronger than anyone else's. The spells of unlimited power, never getting hurt, never failing at anything they do. Because in real life people fail all the time. Just count the number of successes versus the number of failures in your life...

Well, if you want to live in a fantasy life, everything goes good for you. The sun always shines, the bad guy always gets defeated and you always get to look cool for the girls (or the guys, whatever the case may be)
 
mine is as well....but the real Godmodding can be seen in Yahoo chatrooms..some guy tried to kill one of my characters, and wouldn't lay off, kept cancelling my rp, or claiming it was illegal according to "The rules" which have nothing to do with real rp
 
I know some of you have already said this, but here is my definition of Godmodding:

Godmodding/To Godmod/The Activity of Godmodders: The term meanes "God Modifiers", as in people who take it upon themselves to modify the game world around them to benefit them or a goal they desire to achieve, just as a God may do. For instance, when tww characters are fighting, and you absolutely refuse to let your char get roughed up a bit and give him limitless energy, that's godmodding. When you try and control a situation to influence the outcome in your favor, that's godmodding. When you get shocked by a lighting attack and your character is not harmed, that's godmodding -- Unless you're immune to that type of attacks for whatever reason. Another example of godmodding is to make your character do something that effects every single character in the game and cancels out any post sequence they may have been working on. Like, describing a ship getting hit by an iceberg and forcing everybody to flee the ship when they weren't done with their current sequence and you decided all on your own to ruffle their feathers a little. Godmodding can ultimately ruin a potenially decent game. I agree we should have a list of godmodders, however, several of them are my very close friends, and I could not bring myself to expose them fully. They know who they are -- yes, you -- and they should come forward of their own accord.
 
Isn't it just easier not to write with someone you know is going to do what you don't want to see happen? Asking for applications by PM or in the OOC proper gives the thread starter the ability to say "no" to someone they prefer not to write with.

Barring that, the ignore function goes a long way to avoid reading those same posts - even within your own thread.
 
I propose a Department of Roleplaying Law Enforcement. Not police, but a court system for crimes against the RP community. The Council of Judges, made up of five Judges elected into their positions by the community. Of the five, the one who has been in the position the longest is the Supreme Judge. Elections for this, should it be accepted, will be held every quarter (three month terms). Should this be accepted, I elect myself as the first Supreme Judge. However, at the next election, should someone run against me and win, I will gladly step down. I also propose a law stating that no one may be reelected after completing four terms (one year).

Basicly, if a players of an RP reports a crime to the Council, the offender is called to a court hearing thread. The Council will review the offender's crimes, speak with witnesses, research the claims themselves, and then choose a verdict and possible sentence. The worse possible punishment, given none of us have mod-status on Lit, would be the offender's name is permenantly added to the Hall of Shame, a thread with the High Risk RP Offenders listed.
 
Just don't write with people you feel do that. It IS okay to tell them why. In fact, constructive criticism might even encourage them to write differently and curtail this so-called god-modding thing.

A judge, a court? Shades of erm... god-foruming?

At the risk of sounding repetetive... Just don't write with them. ;)

Edited to add: Don't forget to add crimes against misspellings, lack of punctuation and use of poor grammar. Oh, and one-line posts. Okay, that's harsh. Any posts under 3 lines. *nods*
 
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Yeah I can't stand when people do that without permission, i'll Sign :)
 
Yeah, you're right. I'll lose some friends over it, but then again, I would even with the court idea.
 
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