D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard.

[AlViking]

I guess this leads to the question of: Is a person a better DM if they also have experience as a player?

I think for some people it might help but everyone is different. There is no one size fits all.

 

[Zardnaar]

According to you the best I can be is mediocre. After all you clearly stated that a person cannot be a good player or DM if they don't play multiple games. Are you taking back what you said?

The idea that playing multiple games is the only way to be a good player or DM, that it's the only way to get "better" at either (whatever "better" means) is BS. Repeating the assertion doesn't make it so.

Its just gate keeping and not so veiled system warring at this point.

Hey look im sorry your pet favorite RPG isnt as popular as D&D. I've been hearing about how terrible D&D is since about 1996. I started playing 1993.

I'm sorry your flavor of the month RPG no one cares about it or you cant find a GM.

In a few years even less will care. And it will die.

No I'm not interested in your RPG. I dont care what in it. I dont care what its doing. I don't care if it's innovative. Sorry.

I'm not even going to insult your pet RPG. I'm just going to ignore it. I wish you luck in your future endeavors.

I like D&D for what it is. That's it. One day D&D might die for good. So be it Jedi it happens.

 

[billd91]

I guess this leads to the question of: Is a person a better DM if they also have experience as a player?

I think it's highly likely to be the case. Sometimes you just need to have experience with the perspective on the other side of the GM's screen. Similarly, having some GM experience is going to enable someone to be a better player.

 

[loverdrive]

It is only 23 pages if you set your preferences to 20 post per page.

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This is actually great, I always wondered why the hell only so few posts are displayed per page!