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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 483921" data-attributes="member: 2">I'll give you another perspective. I've been an RPGA member for more than ten years. In that time, I've run more than 175 adventures and played in almost as many. If there's a reason I'm a decent DM, it's because of the RPGA; I've learned amazing things from the players and DMs that I've met, and made some of the best friends of my life. Several of the players in my campaign are people I've met through the RPGA.In that time I've seen some really stinky modules, and some incredible ones that I wished I'd written myself. I've learned to play a pregenerated PC, and learned how to handle problem players. Mostly, I've used the opportunity as a testing ground for trying new DMing tricks and for stealing cool ideas.I don't have much of an opinion about the RPGA's leadership; I've seen it both better and worse than it is currently, and I always have the feeling that they're trying ambitious things without enough resources. Nevertheless, every module but one I ran at GenCon this last year was pretty darn good, and I had a whole lot of fun. I find that - just as in real life - judge quality varies. That's why I almost always judge; if I do, I'm partially responsible for how much fun people have, and I can only blame myself if the game doesn't go well.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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