[quote=Magic Magnum]Issues can also be started by the GM giving a ruling on player X's fate though if it's seen to be unfair, or made with other influence/motivation.[/quote]

... So go find a new GM if the current one is a dick. Or if you think every GM is a dick, be a GM. It's not like there's any barrier to entry... :lol

[quote=Magic Magnum]This and players stopping an argument long enough to compromise though both heavily rely on the player's maturity.[/quote]

Except you should never bet on people being anything less than stupid, ignorant, bigoted, and selfish. Call that pessimism if you want but I call it practicality: When you plan for the worst and hope for the best, you're ready if shit hits the fan, but pleasantly surprised if it doesn't!

[quote=Magic Magnum]And I fully admit a system without a GM should be reserved for those who are more mature, because those who are not mature need someone with a better head on their shoulders making and calling some of the shots.[/quote]

... Or because GM's simply [i]work[/i] and have since the 70's, but hey, what do I with my extensive 10+ years knowledge of D&D, Pathfinder, Rolemaster, and PbPRP knowledge know about these things?

[quote=Magic Magnum]Personally I find there are two main advantages to a lack of a GM.1. More overall creativity. You have multiple minds going 100% out in creating a plot/story, not one mind with the suggestions of others. Assuming they're mature enough to allow their creativity to co-exist and not override one another's creations it can make the world that much more expansive and meaningful for all the players.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but... What? How is a person's creativity [i]lessened[/i] by having a GM? That doesn't make any sense. In fact, all having a GM here would do is help ensure that the world makes coherent sense as one person ultimately decides what does and does not fit, instead of a few or even several minds all simultaneously adding to the world and each potentially causing errors to one another's works ranging from chronological to physical to scientific and so on.

In my experience both as a GM and as a player the level of creativity a player has is not affected whatsoever by their GM. It's affected exclusively by themselves, because, uhh... It's [i]their[/i] creativity. If they wanna add a village, they can do that. If they don't, they wouldn't without a GM anyway. In fact I would almost wager you that if a group of people came together without a GM and a person just wanted to make a character, but felt they had to add more in order to look like they were contributing, it would actually be less creative and less fun than simply having the GM there who has all this stuff set up already, and is willing to take suggestions from those who want to add more than a character.

[quote=Magic Magnum]2. Simply more freedom and liberty.[/quote]

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'Murica.

[quote=Magic Magnum]I think everyone here would of ran into that dreaded point where you want to keep roleplaying but you have to stop because something happens that only the GM is at liberty to make a decision on. If there is no established GM and everyone shares control that issue can be resolved there by the players present and roleplaying can continue unhindered.[/quote]

Except that (assuming the GM is not a railroading dipshit) you can probably just continue whatever it was you were doing anyway. Unless that thing is waiting on the GM to respond with an NPC or something, in which case if the GM was merely a player controlling the NPC, that would in no way magically make that person suddenly less busy or inept at responding in a timely manner to the other player's inquiries.

Again, this in no way is an improvement from the system of a GM. If anything, if this was a player holding up another player, the GM can simply step in and go "nope now this is fixed" and blam, it's fixed. If the GM disappears altogether, then you simply replace the GM with another GM, one of the players can step forward to take over. If that's not the case and the idea dies, the idea would have died if that same person was not a GM and abandoned ship anyway.

[quote=Magic Magnum]Now, this being said. It's not for everyone, it requires a lot of maturity to pull off right, and it's probably not something most people find works for their group. But it is something that at least some players work better in, and have more enjoyable roleplay's as a result of it. It just comes with the extra requirement of the players being able to resolve and establish rule and direction without any one person being responsible to manage it.[/quote]

Then why bother? If it requires so much "maturity" to pull off, then there is no point when the GM equivalent simply functions better. Not to mention it's much easier to determine things like thread ownership in this way. Say a player starts to repeatedly flame in one of my RP's, I just have to call a moderator over. I made the thread, so they know that it's my RP, and I'm allowed to drop someone if they're misbehaving.

Again. It's not that it's impossible. It's fully possible... It's just incredible pointless.