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This feels a little bit of a non sequitur to the bit you quoted. But helpfully illustrative: A person (you even) might find GMing hard. That is completely beside the point of the rant, which is aimed at people trying to sell you garbage to solve the problem, when what you really need is time...

No. That was about a writing assignment. I thought it was about gaming in general, but then I realized it wasn't. If you want to weaponize posts, consider reading the whole thread.

People that do GM need to stop talking about how hard it is and talk about how fun it is.

This is the thing I am pushing back against -- specifically how some people weaponize that feeling for clicks, backers and sales of products that don't really do what's promised. The only thing more ubiquitous than a D&D influencer-grifter is a fitness one IMO.

I would actually be really interested in knowing why organ meat became "gross" in American food culture. I grew up without a lot of money and we raised our own pigs for food as well as a steer once. We ate EVERYTHING.

This. I mean, it was a rant. Of course measured discussion will reveal naunce and differing opinions. Which is fine. Awesome even. There is a lot of good GMing advice out there. As I meantioned, Coville and Di are both good communicators of the game and very helpfuyl, without descending into...

Not in the context of the thread, and of the rant. But, hey, who doesn't love a good semantics argument. I'm all ears! (or is it eyes, since we are reading?)

It is usually used to emphasize that we should debate the matter civilly, especially when history shows that discussions about "simulationism" can get heated. I also use it as a reminder that arguing against the premise is bad form.

What a shock: TheSword disagrees with Reynard. Hooda guessed? 😉 I don't object to GMing advice books (although I do object to Justin Alexander in general). What i object to is the whole marketing genre of GMing being this impossible task and you can only manage it if you buy (or worse, back) my...

I am not a fan of 2024, but it is literally the first DMG to provide short adventures you can plug in anywhere.

That is a good point. And EN World definitely has an older lean, as well as people that have been playing for a long time. It is actually a little concerning how many folks have expressed misgivings about giving a friend a chance as a DM.

You are free to disagree, of course, I just wanted to clarify my statement.

That's not what I said. I said the existence of paid GMs exacerbates the perception that GMing is hard and only pros can do it well.

There are at least 4 starter sets.

Existing groups that have a member who wants to get behind the screen should absolutely give that person a chance.

I love the PA genre, but I have exactly no interest in playing through the Apocalypse. Misery-porn is no fun for me.

I also think people generally over emphasize scheduling difficulties. Not that they don't exist, but in my experience it is easier to have set day of the week/month/whatever you play, rather than try and schedule from session to session. life still gets in the way, of course. I have to concel...

I am not sure why anyone thinks that the metric for being able to do a thing should be measured against perfection.

No, it isn't. It just takes practice. It takes being allowed to fail.

I don't quite understand the elevations.