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On occasion this doesn't matter but if you are standing in the doorway of a room the former I think implies you are entering the room and actively looking whereas the latter is you are standing there looking. That could really matter in some instances.

Thanks. I'm in grad school at the moment so my DMing is non-existent at the moment. Some are. There are bad DMs in my tradition as I suspect in every tradition. The DM should be wanting the game to be fun for his players. All true. I run games that I would want to play in as a player. I...

They may make it big time. Only time will tell. I wasn't belittling them. They aren't there yet though. If you go find a gamer who isn't habitually online and they may not even have heard of them. I only in the last few months due to the kickstarter heard of them. All of them have heard of...

I've expressed my view before but it's worth another listing. I realize this is not the standard D&D way. A. Levels 1 to 6 are common. Almost all people fall into this category. Obviously 1 is more common than 6 but any reasonably sized town has a few 6th level. B. Levels 7 to 12 are...

It comes down to what you are looking for in a game. My sensibilities are very much in the gamist/simulationist camp so I want a DM who really spends time crafting a world that I can explore. If they are good at it, and I am, then players will get a lot out of it. I work very hard to make my...

I think this is an important point. My gamist players want to compete against the dungeon. They want to strategize and plan their attack and win. They create a story in the process but the story is not their end goal. The end goal is to defeat the dungeon and collect the rewards. The...

I think for those who like my style of play they like exploration. They like to be challenged as PLAYERS not just characters. So the game revolves around overcoming enemies, and defeating the obstacles they put in your path (GAMISM aspect). So Exploration and Gamism are the two prime...

Yeah, GURPS is more a RPG construction kit. You could never play with every rule and you aren't expected to.

Without serious investment you'd be right and who wants to seriously invest in printing these days.

I think if he were truly in the Alexandrian direction your game would bother him more and he'd leave of his own accord. Maybe he has some other reason for not doing it himself. Does he have a negative reaction to other people doing it? I know for me even other people doing it would drive me...

You are getting dangerously close to the forbidden zone on these boards. It depends on if the magic Clerics use really comes from the deity or not. A DM could run it either way. By definition, a miracle breaks the laws of science. Thus, as soon as all the eyewitnesses are dead there is no way...

This was true even in the 1980's. Cal Tech had hit and alternate ways of playing D&D on a fundamental level had arrived. We used to call those groups "Dungeons and Beavers" which I believe was a Gygax comment. My group took 5 heavy playing years to reach 15th level. Some of these groups were...

Some people like it. I'd probably dispute almost everything you said.

I think a GM can excel if he finds a group of like minded people and is passionate enough about doing a good job. I've never played in a game of D&D where I couldn't spot a zero or near zero prepper and inevitably the game went off the rails. I usually just don't come back to such games. I'm...

Cosmere, Daggerheart would be in the same category as D&D 5e. I think Warhammer Old World would be heavier.

Even if there were a company in the US capable of doing the printing the costs would still be higher. They are subject to US laws and that is likely the reason there are none here now. China just does it cheaper. And I'm against the Tariffs. I think such laws just hurt a country and don't help it.

This is the primary issue with GURPS and I may fix it at some point. GURPS needs character levels. Not character classes but character levels. Skills need to be limited by level. I think one of the top reasons RPGs caught on was tall advancement. Zero to hero. I also think that is why...

In your eyes and probably your groups you may be. In my eyes you are not. Good in terms of fun is subjective. So again, when I say something is good that means I think it is fun for me. We aren't talking high moral imperatives here. In my opinion you are a bad DM. You admit I would not...

And this is probably why my groups don't like it. The story emerges but their objectives are not a story. Their objectives are to get the treasure and kill anything that gets in their way. They have a gamist mindset. Story does emerge though and that is wonderful but it emerges organically.

You can always put "in my opinion" in front of everything I say. It is tiresome and bad English. And no, I don't mind a bit if you enjoy different things. I don't dislike you for it or think less of you for it. I just like what I like. When I describe how things affect me, I'm speaking from...