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<blockquote data-quote="Lwaxy" data-source="post: 7715944" data-attributes="member: 53286"><p>Heh in my case, Germans learn English as a byproduct of playing non-German games, as I refuse to deal with the bad translations available (exception, Shadowrun, the German material is superb). As a result my young players usually do very well in English (and often science/history classes) due to playing. </p><p></p><p>Paying for a GM feels wrong because it should be an exchange between friends. The comparison with musicians is problematic, because not everyone can sing or has the talent for an instrument whereas most people can play RPGs and most people could also GM if they ignore the need to be perfect. Then there is the case of the people who have time to play most and need those games most usually have no money at all, often not even enough for food. The kids I used to game for at the local youth house had families living on €400 a month, most of my constant online players are either out of work, often for health reasons, or can barely make do. The few exceptions usually pitch in for books, food, etc as we don't have much money anymore either. </p><p></p><p>Asking anyone to pay would also mean to do even more to meet the need of the gamers. I GM to get my ideas out there, not to bend over to meet the ideas of customers. I think I am usually a bad GM for styles which don't match mine much - I had a hard time finishing the game of another GM recently because of that. It is ok to do that once or twice but all in all, my main goal is to have fun myself, which I do not think I'd be able to do once "meeting people to have fun" turns into a customer relationship. I see it obviously works for some, but I can't imagine doing that. </p><p></p><p>Over here on most cons you get free entry on days you run at least one game. Sometimes there are GM packages with food vouchers or backpacks with books, games, dice etc (and lots of advertising). But you need to register your game weeks in advance in most cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lwaxy, post: 7715944, member: 53286"] Heh in my case, Germans learn English as a byproduct of playing non-German games, as I refuse to deal with the bad translations available (exception, Shadowrun, the German material is superb). As a result my young players usually do very well in English (and often science/history classes) due to playing. Paying for a GM feels wrong because it should be an exchange between friends. The comparison with musicians is problematic, because not everyone can sing or has the talent for an instrument whereas most people can play RPGs and most people could also GM if they ignore the need to be perfect. Then there is the case of the people who have time to play most and need those games most usually have no money at all, often not even enough for food. The kids I used to game for at the local youth house had families living on €400 a month, most of my constant online players are either out of work, often for health reasons, or can barely make do. The few exceptions usually pitch in for books, food, etc as we don't have much money anymore either. Asking anyone to pay would also mean to do even more to meet the need of the gamers. I GM to get my ideas out there, not to bend over to meet the ideas of customers. I think I am usually a bad GM for styles which don't match mine much - I had a hard time finishing the game of another GM recently because of that. It is ok to do that once or twice but all in all, my main goal is to have fun myself, which I do not think I'd be able to do once "meeting people to have fun" turns into a customer relationship. I see it obviously works for some, but I can't imagine doing that. Over here on most cons you get free entry on days you run at least one game. Sometimes there are GM packages with food vouchers or backpacks with books, games, dice etc (and lots of advertising). But you need to register your game weeks in advance in most cases. [/QUOTE]
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