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<blockquote data-quote="discosoc" data-source="post: 7133585" data-attributes="member: 6801554"><p>Sometimes I wish more people would walk away from bad experiences like this with motivation to start DMing rather than simply complain. I've known plenty of DM's who burn out at Con time because it's a generally crappy experience. Last minute assignments, hit-or-miss group chemistry, noise levels, and of course the extra time and effort required to prep for the thing. It's nothing like a home game, or even a small LFGS session, and there's basically not much in the way of an upside to even doing it. Most of the time, you don't even get a chance to go around and enjoy the Con yourself, so it's more like an unpaid job.</p><p></p><p>I also firmly believe that behind every crappy DM who's on a power trip, not prepared, etc, is a DM who's probably really good with his own group and material. The job just wears you down, and sometimes all it takes is a few bad experiences with a kid who's simply aiming to break your session to "test" you before you start resenting the experiences.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I have run a Con game in a long time, but it sounds like nothing has really changed aside from the scale of it. Really need to start paying these guys to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="discosoc, post: 7133585, member: 6801554"] Sometimes I wish more people would walk away from bad experiences like this with motivation to start DMing rather than simply complain. I've known plenty of DM's who burn out at Con time because it's a generally crappy experience. Last minute assignments, hit-or-miss group chemistry, noise levels, and of course the extra time and effort required to prep for the thing. It's nothing like a home game, or even a small LFGS session, and there's basically not much in the way of an upside to even doing it. Most of the time, you don't even get a chance to go around and enjoy the Con yourself, so it's more like an unpaid job. I also firmly believe that behind every crappy DM who's on a power trip, not prepared, etc, is a DM who's probably really good with his own group and material. The job just wears you down, and sometimes all it takes is a few bad experiences with a kid who's simply aiming to break your session to "test" you before you start resenting the experiences. Anyway, I have run a Con game in a long time, but it sounds like nothing has really changed aside from the scale of it. Really need to start paying these guys to do it. [/QUOTE]
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