Gamer Levels

[TerraDave]

A Ranking of Gamer Investedness

1-- Occasional Player
2-- Casual Player
3-- Owns the main game book Player
4-- Knows rules Player
5-- Powergamer
6-- “Serious” Roleplayer
7-- Occasional GM
8-- Regular GM
9-- Campaign Builder GM
10- World Builder GM
11- Rules Builder GM
12- Own Role Playing Game GM
13- Has a known website/podcast GM
14- Has known rules material GM
15- Real source of income Game Designer
16- Full time Game Designer
17- Game Publisher (with minions)
18- Full time Game Designer/Publisher 10+ years
19- Full time Game Designer/Publisher 20+ years
20- Full time Game Designer/Publisher 30+ years

 

[Scribble]

Hrmm... A "serious roleplayer" is more invested then a power gamer?

Also I'm a GM semi rules builder, semi world builder, but I'm neither a power gamer or a "serious roleplayer"


I am confused.

 

[Celebrim]

I was attacked by parenthood and moving, and as a consequence I've failed several saves to resist negative gamer levels becoming permenent.

 

[JediSoth]

Typically, I'm somewhere between a 9 and 10 on that scale, though I do have a few design credits on my resume now (with Rite Publishing).

 

[Scribble]

21 should be Gary Gygax (He's Epic Level!)

 

[Umbran]

I see some flaws, and some wording I think you'll find problematic.

 

[Desdichado]

The biggest problem is that those categories aren't mutuall exclusive. I fit into 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14.

What I really want to know is if I'm a "name level" gamer or not.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I was level-drained all the way back to 1.

I've been as high as 7, though the "Occasional" nature of it was driven by lack of available players, not lack of commitment on my part. As such, I've done a fair piece of world and campaign building without ever getting to use it.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The biggest problem is that those categories aren't mutuall exclusive. I fit into 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14.

What I really want to know is if I'm a "name level" gamer or not.

Maybe they are not mutally exclusive. You don't normally lose your 3rd level benefits for advancing to 4th level, do you?

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I'd break that up into a couple base classes, and a few prestige classes.

Or, even better, I second Hobo's question: when do I become "name level"?