[Deptheads] GM Badge Requirements

[Tanya Aldrich]

I'm with Shane on this one. Although the idea of 12 scheduled, 8 actual or you don't get the free ride guaranteed next time might be a good compromise. Also, consider, people worrying about getting the actual hours are more likely to pad the event data, which is an added problem we don't need.

Another angle to look at would be a page from RPGs. 12 scheduled hrs, minimum 48 player hrs. You run a large tournament and your ass is likely covered. Isn't the main point to make sure the GMs are entertaining (so to speak) enough people to earn a badge.

Tanya

On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Tim wrote:

> Not at all… if they don’t perform their time at a con, they don’t get a badge next time.
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> From: Deptheads [mailto:deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net] On Behalf Of Shane Sauby
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:22 AM
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
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> Making it real "clock" hours would require me to not give badges, add up all the hours after con was done, determine those GMs who had earned enough hours, and then deal with a ton of paperwork reimbursing all the GMs who earned a badge and telling those GMs that did not earn enough hours they don't get a reimbursement.  Unlike RPGs, which can dictate how long their events run, boardgames is kind ofa crap shoot.  I can estimate pretty well most of the time, but every once in a while either a GM puts in a lot of extra time or less time than scheduled.  I figure its a wash over the course of an entire con.
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> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
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> On Monday, September 8, 2014 9:25 AM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
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> Why not make it real “clock” hours?
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> From: Deptheads [mailto:deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net] On Behalf Of Tanya Aldrich
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 10:21 PM
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net; Shane Sauby
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] GM Badge Requirements
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> Are hours credited based on scheduled hours or actual hours an event takes? I assume this means the event also has to run, regardless of method.
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> Where you thinking a GM had to accomplish all 4 tasks? I think that's asking a bit much. First, you determine if an event becomes a tournament. I never asked for Alhambra to be one, it just was. Second, not everyone probably feels comfortable doing 101s. If you were thinking of all 4 tasks, then I suggest making it 16 hrs and the other 3 tasks give you double hours (see my across two days suggestion below). But I think 16 hrs might be pushing it.
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> I think upping to at least 12 hrs of games is fine. Twelve hours barely gets a board game GM to the same number of player hours as an RPG GM, assuming a 4 player game, and few board games require the constant participation of the GM. After all, nothing says that if your players don't need you in constant attendance that you can't play a game while GMing a board game, as long as you are accessible.
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> As for the other suggestions, I would at least suggest stating ...
> 8 hrs if that includes one tournament.
> 8 hrs plus a 101.
> 12 hrs across two different days, provided one is a day you have trouble filling, and they get a 2 hrs for 1 real hr up to 4 real hrs max. That way someone can't run a little 1 hr game on a hard to fill day and expect it to fill the extra 4 hrs needed.
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> Or as mentioned earlier, 12 hrs, but tournaments, 101s, and games on hard to fill days count 2 to 1 in hours.
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> My two cents.
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> Tanya
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> On Sep 3, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Shane Sauby wrote:
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> Good afternoon everyone,
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>   I was considering changes to the general rule of qualifying for a GM badge.  At the moment, it is running 8 hours of games.  This is not a lot of work for what they get in return.  I ran 12 hours of games (4 Power Grid World Tour events) and it took about forty minutes of my time all together.
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>   I have thought about several changes I would like to make and was wondering how much leeway I had and what others thought of my ideas.  I have listed them below, but would be interested to hear any ideas you may have.
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> Run at least 12 hours of games
> Run at least one tournament of any size
> Run at least one gaming 101
> Run games on at least two different days
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> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
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