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Maybe it does for you, I think abusive and controlling (along with a couple other terrible patterns) is what makes a bad DM. But this...

Technically you included "might" but the implication is pretty clear.

I really, really hope that no new DM reads the attitude that "If you aren't above average you're bad" to heart. Because I can't imagine...

Let's recap the past 200-300 posts on this thread. Somewhere between 2.5-25% of DMs may or may not be bad, depending on one's personal...

I was awful for years. It took a lot of feedback from strangers and friends a like. I committed every "bad DM" sin from those list...

I very much doubt that. Because you can't lump them all under the same umbrella. Or rather, you can, but then you have to have...

People who are good at things don't need to improve still !?!?!? Does your scale not include an amazing, fantastic, or even just very...

I made mistakes aplenty when I was starting out, but I've never been a bad DM. When I made a mistake, I learned from it and tried not...

So if we don't agree with you we're bad DMs? Not exactly the most convincing argument in the world.

I wasn't a great DM when I first started, but none of us were. Meanwhile we all had fun, no one was abusive or controlling so I don't...

It isn't about academically accurate language. It is about using language that suggests a point is backed with greater weight or...

As you say, this is not an academic setting. But over half way through my third decade as a psychometrician and statistician it's a pet...

No. Below average is below average. It is a statement about statistics, regarding some defined metric. "Good" and "bad" are...

I agree but in groups I've been involved with the bad player is easier to deal with because they stop getting invited to the game.

I'm not going to quibble about average vs median but approximately half of DMs are not bad in my opinion (assuming there was an...