Guide Program: Ever Volunteered?Follow

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Edited, Aug 25th 2006 at 1:28pm EDT by Railus

I never have and I don't think I would. I just play to have fun, I don't want it to be a job.

I have considered it, but then I've remembered all the fools out there who i simply would lose the patience to deal with...


...I love helping people, but the ignorant/childish ones would ruin me in no time flat...

Oh God don't let the postal worker be a guide! I die enough in EQ! ;-)

One more option you didn't list: Applied but my application was denied. No explanation. Just No Thank You. Oh well, I tried. Will I try again, probably someday.



Edited, Aug 26th 2006 at 2:47pm EDT by Merf

I tried to get into it, but the application site didn't refresh. =(

Well...you can make yourself invisible so that people can't /who all gm you...and you can also block regular tells (/t...but not ;t or [t). I think it would be a neat thing to do, to be able to run events, and be able to really get the role playing out there...

unfortunatly, as most have pointed out, there are way too many obnoxious players out there to deal with, those who mix up GM and Guides, those who hate them both because of "rumors", and those who actually go and make fun of them and try to get in trouble.

I think it would be nice to be able to help, to show faith to the EQ Players that help can be achieved, and that all the rumors about GM's being slow and mean and stuff is not true...

Unfortunatly, they "updated" the guide application proccess...and appearently my Birth Day is messed up, so I can no longer apply-- when just a couple weeks beforehand I had copied the original application and got almost all the questions filled out about the RP scenarios and Lore...

I was a guide on CT for about 6 months around the time of Kunark's release. I enjoyed it, but just couldn't put the time in once my daughter was born.

Well that would be beside the point of being hired as a guide now wouldn't it?

Actually I have no idea why they didn't accept me. My highest toon was 40 at the time, so I always figured that was why. Pretty sure I handled all the questions correctly. Some of the 'how would you handle this situation' questions were pretty stupid since I knew how the GMs handled them, and gave the company line. Perhaps they were looking for touchy-feely answers when in fact that is the last thing GMs do.

Edited, Aug 28th 2006 at 11:14am EDT by Dothammer

Yeah, but you speak German...

I'm not sure if its still there or not, because i havnt looked at the guide app in a long time... or since it was revised when they took Customer Service away from the guides. But the requirement WERE: That you have to 18+, have at least 2 toons passed level 10, and that you grade decently on the application. Not so much the identify this picture part, but the "what would you do in this situation" part. I knew many a guide who didnt have "uber" toons or even maxed level toons. And i cant remember who posted about account fee's, but one of the very few perks to being a guide is that they waved the account fee for the account you applied with.

being a guide was a blast before they brought out the ol' nerf bat, moved customer service to stinkin' india or some such thing, and forced guides into a strictly "role-playing" capacity.

poopy imho.