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<blockquote data-quote="rmcoen" data-source="post: 7749458" data-attributes="member: 6692404"><p>I get "paid" by the players providing my dinner and snacks for the night. and generally, setting me up with enough pop and/or alcohol to last the two weeks until the next game. Does that pay the mortgage, no. Is the $20-$40 saved on consumables across 2 weeks "worth" 4 hours of my time, professionally? no, not even one hour. But we all feel like we "got value", and more importantly, had fun.</p><p></p><p>Most of us play phone or online games together too, and we're paying someone for that environment in which to game together, and for the story we're playing through, so there *is* value in that. I would feel weird charging them $20 for the evening, though (so $100 from 5 players, for 4 hours); then we aren't friends hanging out, they are customers and I am the provider, just like Foxnet and Marvel STRIKE Force is the provider, and I'm the customer.</p><p></p><p>All that aside -- I'd happily get paid to GM a bunch of strangers I'm not already friends with. That's called "volunteering at a Convention"! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Back to the OP's topic though -- most of the people I work with *now* are gamers of some kind (although, as the new guy, I don't game with any of them). You can walk around the office and hear conversations about last night's game, next week's convention, the phone game they're writing on the side, and so on. At my last job, I "caught" one guy reading a Warhammer book, and was thrilled to discover there was a third gamer in the office! (I had to fire the "second gamer" for playing MMORPGs constantly instead of working.) So is it "the new poker"? Depends on which pub/watercooler/neighborhood you hail from. At least I don't get dirty looks anymore when I mention gaming (still don't generally say "D&D"), and maybe every third parent at the Elementary School activities will mention WoW or a Eurogame they play!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmcoen, post: 7749458, member: 6692404"] I get "paid" by the players providing my dinner and snacks for the night. and generally, setting me up with enough pop and/or alcohol to last the two weeks until the next game. Does that pay the mortgage, no. Is the $20-$40 saved on consumables across 2 weeks "worth" 4 hours of my time, professionally? no, not even one hour. But we all feel like we "got value", and more importantly, had fun. Most of us play phone or online games together too, and we're paying someone for that environment in which to game together, and for the story we're playing through, so there *is* value in that. I would feel weird charging them $20 for the evening, though (so $100 from 5 players, for 4 hours); then we aren't friends hanging out, they are customers and I am the provider, just like Foxnet and Marvel STRIKE Force is the provider, and I'm the customer. All that aside -- I'd happily get paid to GM a bunch of strangers I'm not already friends with. That's called "volunteering at a Convention"! :-) Back to the OP's topic though -- most of the people I work with *now* are gamers of some kind (although, as the new guy, I don't game with any of them). You can walk around the office and hear conversations about last night's game, next week's convention, the phone game they're writing on the side, and so on. At my last job, I "caught" one guy reading a Warhammer book, and was thrilled to discover there was a third gamer in the office! (I had to fire the "second gamer" for playing MMORPGs constantly instead of working.) So is it "the new poker"? Depends on which pub/watercooler/neighborhood you hail from. At least I don't get dirty looks anymore when I mention gaming (still don't generally say "D&D"), and maybe every third parent at the Elementary School activities will mention WoW or a Eurogame they play! [/QUOTE]
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