One Game Master that was not mentioned is one that is based in IRC type games. Such as mine (Mysticrpg.net). There are Game Masters that act as Administrators and Moderators. They are volunteer based and usually work on a heirachy system. They keep the rules adhered by in both the forums (posts) and the IRC channel. In the IRC channel they hold Operations (ops) which give them the ability to kick/ban unruly players.
The Game Masters in this type of setting keep the game flowing, create "realm based storylines", are trouble shooters, interact with the players, have many other different tasks to keep the game running smoothly and are over all very busy.
This type of Game Master is on duty mostly every day to conduct moderation of the rooms and Posting Boards. -- Katastrofy 03:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
EDIT: The kind that can't operate a spell check
For the record, a new kind of game master is here.
this kind is like me, a title that we bestow uppon ourselves to show that we have a natrual talent for playing video games. This is because for some reason, we are good at predicting what will happen next, and also because we can figure out patterns real easily. If we want to give a hint at the game we are best at, we will put a cool name from that game as an alias for our title. For example, You don't see people with a name "Game master Bob", that just dosen't sound good. So thats why we do this, hence my name: Game Master Abyssian. I have this anme beacause of my skill at FFCC ring of fates. And also, lot's of people give themselves this sort of name. lol! So think of a game you're really good at, make up a title, and start putting down hints in stuff like this for people!
Keep Gaming: Game Master Abyssian
EDIT: thank goodness you gave me those words of encouragement! The multimillion dollar video game industry could have toppled had it not been for you!! WHOOO!!!
EDIT: this is the most pathetic thing I have ever had the displeasure of reading on Wiki. It's spelled "Abyssinian" by the way. FAIL.
24.22.9.161 ( talk) 23:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)Game Master Abyssian 24.22.9.161 ( talk) 23:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Found Game Masters as a separate page, reading it seems clear it needs to be merged here. I'll try to keep the important parts of each. So if anyone is wondering why I'm suddenly injecting a lot of text into this page, that's my trying to keep part of the other one. GRuban 14:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
There has just been started a new Wikiproject regarding Roleplaying Games. If you would like to join, please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games and add your self. Angelbo 13:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
this article is not very wikipidia-esque... too many examples, too conversational and instructional just too much like a book. Blueaster 22:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Is that... When there must be a roll and when there's no need... Is it completely up to the GM? Such as... "I walk from bedroom to the kitchen" no need to roll dices, but "I walk the Marco Polo way from Europe to East Asia", there is a roll considering speed, weight, hitchhiking skill, or whatsoever... Right? Is it up to the GM? Or depending on the system there are rules about what GMs can and cannot do? I'm really not and RPG player... ^^" 189.5.136.36 01:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
What I think is more confusing here, is that table-top role playing and online gaming is mixed up in the article.
The guy who is a story teller and explains to a group what environment they are in is usually referred to as a Dungeon Master these days. There are differences from game to game however and each system often uses their own terminus. This topic could easily be tucked into an article about table top role playing games or, in this form, even fully removed.
To complete this, it should list different kinds of games (GURPS, D&D, Shadowrun, Vampire...) with their different DMs and give a more general overview.
The Game Master in online gaming is (sadly) often no more then a customer support employee; bound to their companies rules and regulations. Online Games that do offer the players controlled events that involve the players directly are usually never controlled by the actual "Game Masters" themselves these days but have other specialists that have a different name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WishStone ( talk • contribs) 04:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
"GFs were given powers quite similar to AOL "Guides" and could call them in at will to TOS and/or ban users as they saw appropriate." What does it mean "to TOS users"? Terms of service, perhaps? Is that a verb? In other words, this should be rewritten and/or clarified by someone who knows what is meant by the sentence. — Matthew0028 19:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Forum/Board Role Playing Games.-- Abzt ( talk) 20:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Should Dungeon Master be merged here? - Drilnoth ( talk) 16:26, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Godmodder is a player who pushes their character beyond what is feasible, for example giving them powerful abilities from nowhere and effectively breaking the rules laid down by the Game Master. They aren't Game Masters themselves. Why is this included in the article, as an alternate name for a Game Master? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.180.78 ( talk) 15:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
shén yàng 神样 is not actually related to gamemaster in chinese, it means "the appearance of god" or "god-like", so I've changed it into shén 神, meaning "god" in chinese, but only a few game uses it, so it's not actually necessary.
guán lǐ yuán 管理员 meaning "Administrator", and zhǔ chí zhě 主持者 meaning "Director/Moderator", both are often used by player as a name for GM in many Chinese online games.
In Japanese online games, Gamemaster is usually called GM or ゲームマスター (ge-mu masuta-), and kanrisha 管理者 (same meaning with guán lǐ yuán 管理员 in Chinese), and kamisama 神様, meaning "god", just another name of GM.
And, I'm not sure but...I think referee is an uncommon name for GM.
And lastly, if the "also known as" part is a bit too long, I hope someone could write the example of Chinese and Japanese name of GM in some other places, but if it's unnecessary, then just remove it...thanks. ( I don't know much about Wikipedia's rules, so if I am not suppose to write things like this at here, please delete it, and terribly sorry for using poor English... ) 175.144.41.122 ( talk) 06:22, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
What about tabletop role-playing games? Kintaro ( talk) 06:44, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
The usage and primary topic of GM is under discussion, see talk:General Motors -- 70.51.202.183 ( talk) 18:31, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
This seems a very poorly researched article from the history of the term point of view. There is a claim that the first use of the term was in 1977 - 3 years after it was used in an original edition of D&D. It is also the case that Paterson has found a similar use in Dungeon by Craig van Grasstek in 1974 -ONLY one crucial difference.
The term is written as gamesmaster NOT gamemaster. This article nowhere even mentions that way of writing as Gamesmaster and there is no disambig to games master (a PT teacher). Where is the origin of these different spellings? and hence teh use of the term? How far back does it go? To Kriegspiel times of the 19th century? or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.30.115 ( talk) 04:31, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
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One Game Master that was not mentioned is one that is based in IRC type games. Such as mine (Mysticrpg.net). There are Game Masters that act as Administrators and Moderators. They are volunteer based and usually work on a heirachy system. They keep the rules adhered by in both the forums (posts) and the IRC channel. In the IRC channel they hold Operations (ops) which give them the ability to kick/ban unruly players.
The Game Masters in this type of setting keep the game flowing, create "realm based storylines", are trouble shooters, interact with the players, have many other different tasks to keep the game running smoothly and are over all very busy.
This type of Game Master is on duty mostly every day to conduct moderation of the rooms and Posting Boards. -- Katastrofy 03:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
EDIT: The kind that can't operate a spell check
For the record, a new kind of game master is here.
this kind is like me, a title that we bestow uppon ourselves to show that we have a natrual talent for playing video games. This is because for some reason, we are good at predicting what will happen next, and also because we can figure out patterns real easily. If we want to give a hint at the game we are best at, we will put a cool name from that game as an alias for our title. For example, You don't see people with a name "Game master Bob", that just dosen't sound good. So thats why we do this, hence my name: Game Master Abyssian. I have this anme beacause of my skill at FFCC ring of fates. And also, lot's of people give themselves this sort of name. lol! So think of a game you're really good at, make up a title, and start putting down hints in stuff like this for people!
Keep Gaming: Game Master Abyssian
EDIT: thank goodness you gave me those words of encouragement! The multimillion dollar video game industry could have toppled had it not been for you!! WHOOO!!!
EDIT: this is the most pathetic thing I have ever had the displeasure of reading on Wiki. It's spelled "Abyssinian" by the way. FAIL.
24.22.9.161 ( talk) 23:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)Game Master Abyssian 24.22.9.161 ( talk) 23:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Found Game Masters as a separate page, reading it seems clear it needs to be merged here. I'll try to keep the important parts of each. So if anyone is wondering why I'm suddenly injecting a lot of text into this page, that's my trying to keep part of the other one. GRuban 14:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
There has just been started a new Wikiproject regarding Roleplaying Games. If you would like to join, please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games and add your self. Angelbo 13:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
this article is not very wikipidia-esque... too many examples, too conversational and instructional just too much like a book. Blueaster 22:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Is that... When there must be a roll and when there's no need... Is it completely up to the GM? Such as... "I walk from bedroom to the kitchen" no need to roll dices, but "I walk the Marco Polo way from Europe to East Asia", there is a roll considering speed, weight, hitchhiking skill, or whatsoever... Right? Is it up to the GM? Or depending on the system there are rules about what GMs can and cannot do? I'm really not and RPG player... ^^" 189.5.136.36 01:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
What I think is more confusing here, is that table-top role playing and online gaming is mixed up in the article.
The guy who is a story teller and explains to a group what environment they are in is usually referred to as a Dungeon Master these days. There are differences from game to game however and each system often uses their own terminus. This topic could easily be tucked into an article about table top role playing games or, in this form, even fully removed.
To complete this, it should list different kinds of games (GURPS, D&D, Shadowrun, Vampire...) with their different DMs and give a more general overview.
The Game Master in online gaming is (sadly) often no more then a customer support employee; bound to their companies rules and regulations. Online Games that do offer the players controlled events that involve the players directly are usually never controlled by the actual "Game Masters" themselves these days but have other specialists that have a different name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WishStone ( talk • contribs) 04:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
"GFs were given powers quite similar to AOL "Guides" and could call them in at will to TOS and/or ban users as they saw appropriate." What does it mean "to TOS users"? Terms of service, perhaps? Is that a verb? In other words, this should be rewritten and/or clarified by someone who knows what is meant by the sentence. — Matthew0028 19:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Forum/Board Role Playing Games.-- Abzt ( talk) 20:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Should Dungeon Master be merged here? - Drilnoth ( talk) 16:26, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Godmodder is a player who pushes their character beyond what is feasible, for example giving them powerful abilities from nowhere and effectively breaking the rules laid down by the Game Master. They aren't Game Masters themselves. Why is this included in the article, as an alternate name for a Game Master? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.180.78 ( talk) 15:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
shén yàng 神样 is not actually related to gamemaster in chinese, it means "the appearance of god" or "god-like", so I've changed it into shén 神, meaning "god" in chinese, but only a few game uses it, so it's not actually necessary.
guán lǐ yuán 管理员 meaning "Administrator", and zhǔ chí zhě 主持者 meaning "Director/Moderator", both are often used by player as a name for GM in many Chinese online games.
In Japanese online games, Gamemaster is usually called GM or ゲームマスター (ge-mu masuta-), and kanrisha 管理者 (same meaning with guán lǐ yuán 管理员 in Chinese), and kamisama 神様, meaning "god", just another name of GM.
And, I'm not sure but...I think referee is an uncommon name for GM.
And lastly, if the "also known as" part is a bit too long, I hope someone could write the example of Chinese and Japanese name of GM in some other places, but if it's unnecessary, then just remove it...thanks. ( I don't know much about Wikipedia's rules, so if I am not suppose to write things like this at here, please delete it, and terribly sorry for using poor English... ) 175.144.41.122 ( talk) 06:22, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
What about tabletop role-playing games? Kintaro ( talk) 06:44, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
The usage and primary topic of GM is under discussion, see talk:General Motors -- 70.51.202.183 ( talk) 18:31, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
This seems a very poorly researched article from the history of the term point of view. There is a claim that the first use of the term was in 1977 - 3 years after it was used in an original edition of D&D. It is also the case that Paterson has found a similar use in Dungeon by Craig van Grasstek in 1974 -ONLY one crucial difference.
The term is written as gamesmaster NOT gamemaster. This article nowhere even mentions that way of writing as Gamesmaster and there is no disambig to games master (a PT teacher). Where is the origin of these different spellings? and hence teh use of the term? How far back does it go? To Kriegspiel times of the 19th century? or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.30.115 ( talk) 04:31, 11 December 2020 (UTC)