0.8 Star GM bug


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Not really sure where to post this so apologies if this is a bad place.

I was awarded my first GM star on Paizo, but I don't think I've GMed 10 times. I will not discount the possibility I have miscounted, although I have counted once chronologically and once by characters' paper Chronicles, and they match. My count is 8.

I have a suspicion as to why it's been miscounted - there were two PbP sessions I reported through OSP that didn't seem like they went through so I reported them individually; later OSP found my submissions and reported them; I then deleted my individual submissions to remove the double counting. I hypothesize Paizo continues to count those double reported sessions.

If so, this is a programming bug on Paizo's side. I don't know how serious it is because I don't know what the stars mean - I know people get replays based on stars, not sure if it's otherwise a vanity item.

At any rate, I just wanted to point out that Paizo's counts can be fallible. And also to warn everyone not to invite me to the 1-star GM parties until later this year.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens Subscriber

There's a technical support forum.

Another possibility is if you have GMed AP books or modules, those count double.

Grand Lodge 4/5 5/55/5 *** Premier Event Coordinator

Tracking stars/glyphs/novas and improper counting continues to be a bug that results from them messing with the underlying scripts as they prepare AcP for a full launch. It basically means you cannot trust the little icons next to your name.

When I post, it shows four stars, but if I look at My Pathfinder Society page, it shows five stars and three novas. Your page might show a star, but it doesn’t populate next to your message board name so clearly there is a disconnect and one that is not consistently inaccurate.

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Certain scenarios count as modules which I know I did not think were modules, such as Master of the Fallen Fortress. It makes the count slightly weird.

Sczarni 5/5 5/55/5 ***

Echoing TwilightKnight, my name shows 2 Novas, but my profile shows 3 (which I think is correct), and for a while my profile showed 4 (one AP Book counted for 24 credits until it was fixed).

The system is undergoing a change but there have been a lot of setbacks, and their tech team has been very understaffed. This last month the team needed to spend time making wfh viable, which will probably cause further delays.

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TwilightKnight wrote:
Your page might show a star, but it doesn’t populate next to your message board name

Heh, I didn't even notice that.

Well, then ... "problem" "solved"! :)

Grand Lodge 4/5 5/55/5 *** Premier Event Coordinator

To be clear, I was making an observation, not stating that is how it’s suppose to work. If everything is working properly, whatever widgets you have next to your name would be visible and the same no matter where you looked. So if there is a discrepancy then there is a problem. It’s just unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.

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That's why "problem" and "solved" were both in quotes. It doesn't look like this problem is going to cascade into other problems, so against the backdrop of all the problems that do cascade into other problems, what happens to this one is relatively unimportant.

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