Are You A GM?

[Reynard]

Could you link the old poll?

The thread title is going to skew the results. I'd like to know what the title of the prior poll was.

I did not have a specific poll in mind,I just know we have done it before.

And how is the title going to "skew the results." First of all, EN World polls aren't especially scientific in the first place. Second, my poll choices are hopefully pretty descriptive.

 

[GMMichael]

And how is the title going to "skew the results."

Assuming this is a question: I don't generally click my way into threads just to say "no." At least, I'm trying to cut back on it

 

[TheSword]

1:4 ratio of player to GM. Always a player in at least one campaign at a time. Usually DMing 3-5 alongside.

I definitely and fervently think being a player regularly makes you a better DM though.

 

[Blue]

Thank, useful poll. Interesting to see how (at the point I'm writing this) it is heavily in favor of DMing. The only player leaning option that has any traction is doing both but player more often, and that's the lowest response except for singletons.

To add some nuance, while I do both about equally, I am usually on only one in my groups to run non-D&D-like games. An old group I had put together at the start of 3ed that lasted until the 2010s was better at that, but it's drifted apart due to real life. Every once in a while one of them runs and I get to play in a different game system, but usually if I'm a player, it's in a D&D-like game.

 

[Reynard]

For reference, here is a similar poll from 2020: D&D General - DM or Player Poll