Puppet Master Revised: AMP
Quote from the anti-munch project:
"Puppetmaster: Another overly common occurrence. They basically take control of others' characters, often to extremes. It is usually ok to make tiny little changes to another person's character; for example if your own character launches a fireball at a tree, it is safe to assume that other characters will probably watch the tree get hit, and thus you can comment on that.
Depending upon the extent to which they puppetmaster, this is not necessarily a form of munching.
Munch Rating: 4 - 9
A: I step carefully into the room, peering around for occupants.
B: Suddenly a dragon pokes you in the eye. You run screaming from the room, whereafter you go home, make a pickle sandwich, and call your mother to cry about how she ruined your life."
~*~Puppet Master revised~*~
Clairifying Puppet Master: What is puppet master exactly?
The complaint about puppet master and the reason it is
considered godmoding, is because it strips too much
realism from the fantasy for it to be worthwhile.
Puppet mastering does this by giving the godmoder who
is abusing this style of cheating, advantages over
the whole being and behavior of another role player's
character.
The godmoder commiting this act of "creative writing
vandalism" is simply so obssessed with victory over
the threatening situation at hand that they take the
godmoding to the extreme of controlling another
role player's character in complete instead of just
in part, as if it were their very own character.
Q: When am I being an puppet master?
A: You are being a puppet master when
you take control of another role player's
character on a scale where you should
only control your own.
Q: How do I avoid being an puppet master?
A: By recognizing the difference between
the small amount you should control the
characters of others, and the large amount
you should not control the characters of
ther role players.
Q: How do I know when someone else is
being a puppet master?
A: You will know when someone else is being
a puppet master because they will use take
advantage of someone else's character and
make it go places and do things that the
actual owner of that character should be
responsible for animating, and deciding
in their own character.
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