INTEREST CHECK - Star Finder ROOKIE

Which has always implied that the GM is going to run a game worth doing something such as that and just as often as not -- the GM ghosts on the players almost as often as players ghost on GMs -- further I am of the thought that the GM is no more important than the players and as such everyone should start on the same level of respect and mutual commitment. As a GM is no more sure that a player (with a nice concept) is actually going to stick around any better than someone else (with maybe not as nice a concept) and personally to me consistency and commitment are much more important as anyone can be taught how to role play effectively if they they have those two qualties.

Further this methodology of preferential treatment promotes that the experienced conceptualist who might happen to stroke a specific's GM story-keys gets picked over the inexperienced and this does not mean that the experienced conceptualist is any better at role playing just better at creating concepts. Further I noticed that in those forums some of those wanna-be players were really only good at creating concepts and horrible at the actual roleplaying or long term commitment to a game. So a good conceptualist does not always equate to a good role player.

As for the first-come, first-served games giving preference and/or being some how a bad thing is about as sensical as saying that the early bird ought never gets the worm. Because frankly if someone is available when the GM posted and is active that means as a player they will be more likely to be present and active within the game (although again not guaranteed) -- which is what every GM wants more than super concepts. As stated, anyone can learn how to become a good role player if they are committed and consistently active over the long haul. Further a game is much better if all the players stick around and stay as active as possible as that means the game does not stagnate and then die on the vine.

Besides it should be on the players to moderate themselves (yeah I know for some that is next to impossible), if they are in several games as a player they ought to let a few games fill up with others prior to jumping into another -- further eventually their plate gets full and should their current games not die on the vine -- like so many do -- then they will be too busy to join another game. So it tends to fix itself in the long run.

Finally I have been in the PbP environment for many many years and frankly I found this encroachment of the - you have to audition for a game - to be the biggest insult to players since again it implies that the GM is all that - and oft is the case they are not - especially since that GM obviously does not understand what it takes to make a 3D-Character versus a 2D- or 1D- Character and thus just asking players to audition means one is not a very good GM to begin with.