So, you're sitting around, reading the message boards at your favorite online game and you come across this posting. Well, if you're interested in becoming a GameMaster (and really, why else would you be reading this post?) then read on!

If you're interested in becoming a GameMaster, we're interested in seeing your application! We will be hiring for all teams, though we are quite specifically looking for people to work on Quests.

If you haven't yet completed an application -- and/or if you haven't completed all the additional testing and whatnot -- I encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience. The exact timeline for this round of hiring is not entirely settled yet, other than Soon [tm], but the applications are lengthy so I wanted to give folks a heads' up.

Our ideal candidates will be motivated and creative. We need team players who are able to work on their own while meeting the needs of the team. We need people who can see something in their mind's eye and then bring it to life within the game. You'll have at least 20 hours a week that you can devote to GM'ing (and quite often more!) and you'll be ready to see behind the curtain and embrace the shift from player to staff. GM Training is quite lengthy and is a significant time investment, but being a GameMaster is very rewarding and a lot of fun, and we think it's worth the wait.

The Dev and CE divide has also eroded significantly in recent years. Many of our Dev GMs run events, help players with technical problems, and post on the forums. Many of our CE GMs code systems, collaborate with Dev GMs on designing new systems, and create new areas (which was actually historically a Dev GM role). I'm not saying that all CE GMs need to be coders, or that all Dev GMs need to be bubbly people persons, but a bit of crossover is expected these days. The majority of our GMs can do at least a little of both and it's extremely helpful to not be afraid to stretch a bit out of our comfort zones.

If this is you, then please, get that app in and let's get busy!

ASGM Melete

Where do I buy more time, so that I can do this? :(

I've toyed around with the idea before. The time commitment is a concern, but it's more that I'm enjoying what I've managed to build up for myself as a player. (Also possibly going crazy from dealing with client reactions to new code releases they don't care for both at work and in DR.)

- Miskton

Same here. I love the game and I still love playing it from this side of things. If I saw behind the curtain it would lose some of the sparkle for me and I would be less invested - and current staff is so awesome and busy at pumping out content that if I was there with a 60 percent engagement level I would feel like the biggest slacker.

- Starlear, Warrior Mage and Lieutenant of Ilithi's Crystal Vanguard -

- I maintain the Warrior Mage Beginner's Guide at:

https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Beginner%27s_Warrior_Mage_Guide

If you're good with algebra you can probably learn GSL sufficiently to write a spell or design a creature.

-Armifer
"In our days truth is taken to result from the effacing of the living man behind the mathematical structures that think themselves out in him, rather than he be thinking them." - Emmanuel Levinas

Alright I may be interested in this. :)
Well, I passed AP Calculus my senior year of high school circa 2002. I even got a B without doing any homework that year (I may or may not have been 'troubled' at that time, heh). Since then I've focused on creative writing and other academic directions like materials engineering (yes those are disperate academic directions- sue me lol). This is why I really love the crafting systems yet am somewhat critical of silversteel (my inner metallurgist throws a toddler's tantrum). I work towards designing/making armor (body and vehicle both) in Real Life as my primary profession alongside writing on the side. My scripts work for me and I wouldn't call them bare-bones simple but at this point I wouldn't put them in the same league as the ones I see on elanthipedia. Also these days due to chronic illness I find myself with a random amount of substantial free time on a completely unreliable basis.

Time = I have it if its allowed to be a surprise
People Skills= I know how to be nice
Writing= No Fear, Really Fun Part(tm)
Coding = Learned Calculus long ago then pretty much forgot it from disuse, Scripts are functional but lackluster, No direct experience, Currently The Big Worry(tm)

I once had this idea that I should just come in at 5:00 every day and leave at 5:30. Because so very often I would start work, fiddling with a database, run into a problem and work at that stupid problem all day. And then I'd glance at the clock around 5, decide I'd work on it for another half hour and then head home. Sure enough by around 5:20 I had the problem licked.

The half hour workday idea didn't really fly with the higher ups, though.

Just a quick note -- Last chance to get those apps in!

There are a good portion of applications submitted by people I'd love to talk to, but they haven't completed all of the sections required to allow me to do so!

If you've got a half-finished application in the system, please try and get it done. I would love to add another 2 or 3 candidates to the next group, which I hope to start training soon after HE concludes.

Thanks!
Lyneya