VoD Staff
The staff is a very important part of any game. The right staff member can help new players learn to love LARP and continue to play for years to come, while the wrong staff member can make a veteran player go into retirement. Having to small of a staff can hurt the game play and the involvement of everyone and having a large unruly staff can lead to rouge storylines and infighting. Finally having a staff without rules, guidelines, gamer ethics, and cohesive communication will lead to the games ultimate failure and pour reputation.
I approach running a LARP game as I do running a business. My staff members are employees who are there to do the job that I have asked of them, but make no mistake, they love what they do and are eager to provide an amazing experience for every player. The staff is attempting to provide a quality product to players who are our consumers. All of you pay us for the product we provide in your enjoyment, promotion of the game, and good sportsmanship. Everyone on my staff is a storyteller. I do not like using narrators as they are very limited in their capabilities to provide an enriched scene for the players. Each staff member has the full capability to operate storylines, run mass or small combat, play NPCs, help with character creation, make important IC and OOC decisions, answer OOC questions, and provide a safe gaming environment. ~ Travis (Quoted from Johny Browne)
Staff Ethics
~ Each Staff member will remain as fair as possible in any given situation.
~ No staff member will play a personal PC in the game. This is to avoid having a staff member abuse their power to protect their character.
~ No staff member is allowed to run a scene for a significant other or family member that may result in their characters death without having a second ST involved in the scene.
~ Player issues brought to the staff will remain confidential within the staff only.
~ Each staff member will do the best they can to remain area experts in the roles they have been given as staff members.
~ No staff member will bring OOC drama to the game, or post it on the group or forum pages.
~ No staff member will bring old grudges to the game and make the game hostile for any player.
~ No staff member will come to the game intoxicated, promote drug use, or bring contraband to the game site.
~ No staff member will speak ill of another game or gamer while on duty at the game site or acting in an official capacity for the game.
~ No staff member will abuse their power in order to retaliate against any player character for any reason.
Staff Members
Chrys Seward (ST/Xenia) ~ Chrys has been running LARPs since '04, and playing werewolf for almost as long. While Dreaming is her baby, Werewolf is a close second, and something she's both run and played significantly more. As an ST, she is in charge of Bone Gnawers, Night Claws, Shadow Lords, Galliards, forum administration, and more!
Desirae Danielle (ST/BrokenHopes) ~ Desirae has been storytelling for over 10 years and gaming even longer. She looks forward to working with the other STs to bring to life the garou world in ancient Greece. As an ST, she is in charge of Black Furies, Silver Fangs, Ahroun, and more!
Jonathan Nunley (ST/Oracle) ~ Jonathan has been gaming for nearly two decades, and has been storytelling for a few years less than that. An avid lover of both Werewolf and Ancient Greek Myth/History, he is thrilled to be able to tell this story. As an ST, he is in charge of Stargazers, Warders of Man, Theurges, and more!
Jacob Bieber (ST/Muse) ~ Jacob has been STing almost since he started gaming a little over a decade ago. Jacob has lead both Vampire and Changeling the Lost LARPs before this and is excited to assist on this Werewolf LARP and tell an exciting story. As an ST, he is in charge of Silent Striders, White Howlers, Ragbash, and more!
Travis Gruhot (HST / Lore Keeper) ~ Travis has been larping for over 12 years now. He started in 2008 and is excited to be your HST. Travis considers vampire his system of expertise. As an ST he is in charge of Influence and making sure the city has a beating heart. As well as Children of Gaia, Red Talons, Winter Wolf, Philodox, and more!
Staff members will be responsible for running the totem (and writing plot) for each tribe attached to their name. Additionally, each staff member has a designated auspice that they will supply advice and support for, but personal plot will be done by tribe, not auspice.
