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I can see some of that (though I think the token thing is being kind of picky) but most of it seems to apply to FTF, too. Like I said...

I guess I've just seen periods when most of a group had some technical problems some of the time. I don't think its terrible etiquette...

One thing to add to the list - the GM not having stuff ready. Sucks when the game halts while the GM preps an NPC or map. Or the map...

Your experience was that you tried your best and still lost, and that's both frustrating and understandable. But the issue of etiquette...

I love rolling physical dice, but even more, I love everyone being able to see the role. Not to avoid cheating, I'm not worried about...

When I was running Rappan Athuk, a mega dungeon with over 100 maps and some of those maps were huge, this was pretty common. It can work...

Yeah, this is one of the few areas I think online play actually makes worse than the equivalent face-to-face, but I really do wish we...

I had to mention to one player that if he was going to have side conversations with another (his wife) could he please mute...

Yeah, it helps to have good bandwidth and high-quality headsets, which not everyone can afford. We use Discord and push-to-talk really...

I think this inquiry is vtt specific and not RPGs in general.

Yeah, something anyone who has participated in online meetings can attest to. For TTRPGs I find this more of an issue with one-shots...

One of the hardest ones to deal with is talking over each other. It happens - it will always happen to a certain degree because its hard...

That came from personal experience. But I was the guilty party. I wasn't cheating, just overly enthusiastic. I was playing in an on-line...

Nice choice to include moving around out of turn when the software won't prevent it. I was in an online game during the pandemic...

I think it's a little weird to require the cameras be on, however, I can see how it helps foster a human connection when you can't play...