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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 7784358" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Same applies for any hobby. Should someone study Kasparov and Fischer and read about strategy if they want to be better Chess players? Sure - but they can play Chess just fine for their entire lives and enjoy it without doing so. </p><p></p><p>As far as serious fans of D&D already being DMs, we have around 8 players in one of my groups who own rather large collections of dice and books, and about half have played for years and never DMed. In another group I play in, about the same thing - 6 players, and half are diehards who are still too afraid or try, or have just said “it’s not for them.” Anecdotal, but it leads me to suspect there’s a LOT of regular players out there who are pretty invested but still haven’t tried both sides of the table, I suspect because there’s always been someone else to step in and DM and save them from the intimidating proposition of running a game.</p><p></p><p>My personal belief is still the same that, regardless of whether they do or don’t, it’s still something that can contribute to being a more well-rounded player. Me trying skydiving or learning musical notation would likely make me a more well-rounded person - but I ain’t gonna, and i’m fully at peace with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 7784358, member: 158"] Same applies for any hobby. Should someone study Kasparov and Fischer and read about strategy if they want to be better Chess players? Sure - but they can play Chess just fine for their entire lives and enjoy it without doing so. As far as serious fans of D&D already being DMs, we have around 8 players in one of my groups who own rather large collections of dice and books, and about half have played for years and never DMed. In another group I play in, about the same thing - 6 players, and half are diehards who are still too afraid or try, or have just said “it’s not for them.” Anecdotal, but it leads me to suspect there’s a LOT of regular players out there who are pretty invested but still haven’t tried both sides of the table, I suspect because there’s always been someone else to step in and DM and save them from the intimidating proposition of running a game. My personal belief is still the same that, regardless of whether they do or don’t, it’s still something that can contribute to being a more well-rounded player. Me trying skydiving or learning musical notation would likely make me a more well-rounded person - but I ain’t gonna, and i’m fully at peace with that. [/QUOTE]
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