AlViking's latest activity

Not any that I recall and that includes comments of "it's just a game". Definitely not in the 21st century. My wife and I have been...

Below average is 49% of all DMs. You have a very different definition of bad than I do.

If no-one else is willing to run what you want to play there's only two remaining options: either you run it, or it doesn't get run at...

It was only a decade previous when peeping at women showering was a comedy movie staple.

I think there's a difference between 'bad', where a DM is actively trying to hose the players or constantly repeats the same mistakes...

You might be able to get a ranking with a large enough pool of people rating, but that doesn't mean the rating would matter much to any...

Is it really productive, or morally defensible, to “rate” someone’s skill at DMing when that assessment is entirely subjective? Trying...

Not made from actual amethyst?! False advertising. J/k

It's a shame that it's another render image, when the actual minis are often disappointing in comparison. I have the BIG Tiamat and a...

Expertise and reliable talent can make a huge difference. I don't think any individual class is required for a group, you can almost...

Naw, I don't like that. It's not like calculating someone's score on a multiple-choice test. I may give the exact same DM a 12 that...

Chalk it up to different gaming experiences then because I don't agree with "often don't care." Some don't care? Absolutely. But are...

It just comes down to where you put them on the bell curve and what the person making the decisions qualifies as "bad". I may value...

If it was as high as some people claim (20-25%) then on average every table should have one of those people. I find that hard to...

It feels like there should be a 3-18 rating scale out there somewhere for DMs. How low on the scale would be "bad" as opposed to...