The Presentation of a New Four Star GM!!!

[Lady Ophelia]

It is not every day that a non-Venture organizer gets to announce cool and fun things. So forgive me for indulging, or breaking protocol, but it's a great moment indeed.

It is my pleasure as the area organizer of the Solano/Yolo Pathfinder Society to present and congratulate Kuya Bernardo as our newest 4-Star GM in not only our area, but in BAPS (Bay Area Pathfinder Society) as a whole. You may known him here on our forums as Millefune.

Kuya joined us in January of this year, and has since been a paramount member of our organization. He through his love of storytelling created a new department not seen in Pathfinder Society much known as "Impromptu Play" which specializes in a "pickup style" format which allows our group members who may not be able to game on our scheduled game nights, the opportunity to get a game in. As well as this past spring and summer as life took it's nasty turn on myself and fellow leadership members, he stepped up the to the plate, and assisted in the growth of our newest lodge in Davis, California while keeping our main lodge in Vacaville up to the mark. He also has begun forging more Society Play in Novato, California and Woodland, California bringing more players into our ever-growing fold.

It has been an honor to watch Kuya grow both as player and as a leader in Pathfinder Society. As such, I look forward even more to see where his journey will take him, and when the time comes I get to present him as a 5-Star GM! Until that day, may I wish all of you to join me in sending your most genuine congrats to him!

[Alexander_Damocles]

Huge congrats to our new 4 star GM! I remember GMing your first PFS scenario, and little did I know we'd soon have a GMing great among us!

And yes, he did earn 4 stars in 6.5 months. Yes, that is an average of four games a week. And he's done it more or less without any conventions.

Yes, he is that sort of crazy.

[Hawkwen Agricola]

Congratulations!

[Millefune]

Eww... Kuya... decent GM... terrible player...

Well, the vast majority of the credit goes to the community of players (Davis, Novato, Vacaville, Woodland) and friends who have gotten addicted to Pathfinder to provide the player pool to get the sessions together. That and my rather flexible work schedule... and lack of a "normal" social life (but hey, I'm sorry... I find interacting with friends, players, and other GMs for four to nine hours a time a lot more sociable than watching some sports event). Also, some of the credits were from Modules, and with months being about 4.4 weeks... I'd say it was more like three games a week. Yeah, Pathfinder four or five days a week (I play... sometimes) leads to a rather happy me.

PS Scott Johnson was my first GM, but still, thanks for the kind words, Nathan!

[Lady Ophelia]

Millefune wrote:

Eww... Kuya... decent GM... terrible player...

*Rolls eyes at Kuya's bad habit of self-loathing so to stay humble*

Lady Ophelia then remembers her area's policy on "Excessive Self-Loathing" as a result of the amount of self-loathing that came from our newest 4-Star GM when he first started in Pathfinder Society

Someone owes me a dollar!!

[Malbraxis]

Thanks for runnin games and Congrats on the Stars bro!

[uncleden]

Malbraxis wrote:

Thanks for runnin games and Congrats on the Stars bro!

You earned it Kuya. Good work. Also stop being so humble. Learn to sing along with Mac Davis.

Lady O, Thanks for announcing. We'd all hate to see someone miss out on their well earned acclaim.

Den

[Millefune]

Yup, Lady Ophelia, I made sure to stick an extra dollar in my pocket to bring to tonight's session at the store. ;-)

[Lady Ophelia]

The firt dollar is waved.

[Lady Ophelia]

The first dollar is waved.

[Chris Mortika]

Millefune --

What lessons have all these games taught you? When you sit down to GM for a table of strangers, what do you look for?

[Mike Lindner]

Congrats!

[Dawn Reed-Burton]

Congratulations on a job well done.

[Todd Lower]

Lady Ophelia wrote:

The firt dollar is waved.

And of course I what I read was the flirt dollar is waved. :-|

[Lady Ophelia]

Todd Lower wrote:

Lady Ophelia wrote:

The firt dollar is waved.

And of course I what I read was the flirt dollar is waved. :-|

Yeah.. Not what I meant. Stupid Kindle... I am learning that I should not post while on it.

[Millefune]

Chris Mortika wrote:

Millefune --

What lessons have all these games taught you? When you sit down to GM for a table of strangers, what do you look for?

As I sit with and deeply interact with strangers every day at work (I'm a mental health counselor, you know, fancy title for "therapist"), and GMed a lot during the "AD&D" and "3.X" days... I feel the things I've mostly learned are how to handle the new rules and power creep/inflation of Pathfinder, and the nuances of Organized Play (as a five-star, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, and we don't have to discuss them here and risk a flame war or argument).

I like how Organized Play works with standard fixed treasure. No one fights over "who gets the magic item," since everyone has access to it after the session is over.