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<blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 3862675" data-attributes="member: 16212"><p>Over the past few years I've tried many more games, and many more groups, than I ever did in the past, specifically to improve myself. What I actually found a lot of the time was that most other DM's seem to do the sorts of things I stopped doing years and years ago... namely the things the OP mentions. If I was worried about my ability to roleplay NPC's, I would suddenly find a DM who had no idea what it even means to have a roleplay encounter; if I was worried about my ability to make fights interesting and dynamic, I would find myself in a game where thirty minutes of silence were punctuated only by calls of &quot;You hit&quot; and &quot;You miss&quot;. These games weren't, on the whole, 'bad', and everyone seemed to be having a good time, so they were succeeding on that level, but they opened my eyes to the fact of just how much effort and worry I put into making my game enjoyable for the players. I might not succeed, but at least I try.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="wedgeski, post: 3862675, member: 16212"] Over the past few years I've tried many more games, and many more groups, than I ever did in the past, specifically to improve myself. What I actually found a lot of the time was that most other DM's seem to do the sorts of things I stopped doing years and years ago... namely the things the OP mentions. If I was worried about my ability to roleplay NPC's, I would suddenly find a DM who had no idea what it even means to have a roleplay encounter; if I was worried about my ability to make fights interesting and dynamic, I would find myself in a game where thirty minutes of silence were punctuated only by calls of "You hit" and "You miss". These games weren't, on the whole, 'bad', and everyone seemed to be having a good time, so they were succeeding on that level, but they opened my eyes to the fact of just how much effort and worry I put into making my game enjoyable for the players. I might not succeed, but at least I try. [/QUOTE]

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