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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 1737791" data-attributes="member: 264"><p>I've made money at DM'ing in the past, but nothing like a full-time job.</p><p></p><p>The community centre paidme $15+$5 per player/hour to run a game on Saturdays and Sundays for awhile.</p><p></p><p>I think most of the mom's thought it was cheap daycare more than anything. it confirmed my suspcions that kids are idiots<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>It took forever to get them to come up with names for their characters that were not akin to "I'mSuperTough" or "IReallyRule" or something like that. I just looked at them and asked if they had ever met someone named anything remotely like that in their lives. they didn't seem to understand what I was getting at.</p><p></p><p>The next wave of namings were direct lifts from Pokemon..."Bulbasaur the fighter" being my favorite :\ </p><p></p><p>Eventually, I just had them use an online generator, except for one kid who insisted his guy's name be "Eminem". I told him he could name his character that if he could spell it.</p><p></p><p>He couldn't.</p><p></p><p>When we finally got playing, I was stunned at the level of idiocy present at the table...I kid you not, the average 8-10 year old at the table on any given day seemd to <em>live</em> for the idea that he would get to fart at someone in game. Farting came up a minimum of 3 times/session.</p><p></p><p>let's see, what else...</p><p></p><p>Characters who used inner-city black/rapper slang (Me: "...The king enters the room, and acknoweldges your presence". Kenny: "Wassup G?")</p><p></p><p>Kids who could not, under any circumstances, STFU. just couldn't Couldn't stop giggling, could stop babbling about bull<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, just <em>couldn't</em> get their minds around the idea of "Someone else's turn".</p><p></p><p>All told, though it was nice pocket money, it was not worth the effort involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 1737791, member: 264"] I've made money at DM'ing in the past, but nothing like a full-time job. The community centre paidme $15+$5 per player/hour to run a game on Saturdays and Sundays for awhile. I think most of the mom's thought it was cheap daycare more than anything. it confirmed my suspcions that kids are idiots:) It took forever to get them to come up with names for their characters that were not akin to "I'mSuperTough" or "IReallyRule" or something like that. I just looked at them and asked if they had ever met someone named anything remotely like that in their lives. they didn't seem to understand what I was getting at. The next wave of namings were direct lifts from Pokemon..."Bulbasaur the fighter" being my favorite :\ Eventually, I just had them use an online generator, except for one kid who insisted his guy's name be "Eminem". I told him he could name his character that if he could spell it. He couldn't. When we finally got playing, I was stunned at the level of idiocy present at the table...I kid you not, the average 8-10 year old at the table on any given day seemd to [i]live[/i] for the idea that he would get to fart at someone in game. Farting came up a minimum of 3 times/session. let's see, what else... Characters who used inner-city black/rapper slang (Me: "...The king enters the room, and acknoweldges your presence". Kenny: "Wassup G?") Kids who could not, under any circumstances, STFU. just couldn't Couldn't stop giggling, could stop babbling about bull:):):):), just [i]couldn't[/i] get their minds around the idea of "Someone else's turn". All told, though it was nice pocket money, it was not worth the effort involved. [/QUOTE]
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