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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 3108933" data-attributes="member: 2002">Been through a fair number of groups over the last six years.&nbsp; I have higher than the base normal expectations of what I want out of a game / game group and have learned that I don't need to continually compromise myself by settling for less.Sure, that means a lot of moving on, less actual play, but I've reached that point inside where I think that having no game is better than sticking with a crappy one just to play.Take my own game, for example, which I just ended.&nbsp; Below is the e-mail which I sent to the players;+++I have decided to end the game.&nbsp; There are a number of reasons, but these two are the primary ones, either of which alone would be enough at this point;&nbsp;1&gt;&nbsp; Non-participation.&nbsp; It seems like I had four or five bodies at the table, but at any given time, there were only about 1.5 active participants.&nbsp; Who those 1.5 were varied from time to time, but there was just too much of &quot;a bunch of guys sitting around staring at each other, waiting for *someone else* to do something.&quot;&nbsp; I find this difficult enough when I am a fellow player.&nbsp; I have found that I simply cannot tolerate it as a GM.&nbsp; I tried.&nbsp; Can't do it.&nbsp;2&gt;&nbsp; I was trying to run a particular kind of game and it became crystal clear that this group does not have any desire to play that kind of game.&nbsp; Thus, I'd been beating my head against the wall, punishing myself and working harder to try to get 'buy in', when my players just weren't interested and weren't open enough to admit it.+++ Someday I'll find that intelligent, actively participating group.&nbsp; The one where we can play investigative game, whether D&amp;D or CoC.&nbsp; Where we can play difficult plots and where everyone at the table (or at least a strong majority) is actively into the game.So what does this mean for Sound of Azure?&nbsp; It means that you're not alone in experiencing this sort of thing.&nbsp; It happens.&nbsp; Accept it and move on to another group.&nbsp; Keep looking for people who will play what you want to play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 3108933, member: 2002"] Been through a fair number of groups over the last six years. I have higher than the base normal expectations of what I want out of a game / game group and have learned that I don't need to continually compromise myself by settling for less. Sure, that means a lot of moving on, less actual play, but I've reached that point inside where I think that having no game is better than sticking with a crappy one just to play. Take my own game, for example, which I just ended. Below is the e-mail which I sent to the players; +++ I have decided to end the game. There are a number of reasons, but these two are the primary ones, either of which alone would be enough at this point; 1> Non-participation. It seems like I had four or five bodies at the table, but at any given time, there were only about 1.5 active participants. Who those 1.5 were varied from time to time, but there was just too much of "a bunch of guys sitting around staring at each other, waiting for *someone else* to do something." I find this difficult enough when I am a fellow player. I have found that I simply cannot tolerate it as a GM. I tried. Can't do it. 2> I was trying to run a particular kind of game and it became crystal clear that this group does not have any desire to play that kind of game. Thus, I'd been beating my head against the wall, punishing myself and working harder to try to get 'buy in', when my players just weren't interested and weren't open enough to admit it. +++ Someday I'll find that intelligent, actively participating group. The one where we can play investigative game, whether D&D or CoC. Where we can play difficult plots and where everyone at the table (or at least a strong majority) is actively into the game. So what does this mean for [b]Sound of Azure[/b]? It means that you're not alone in experiencing this sort of thing. It happens. Accept it and move on to another group. Keep looking for people who will play what you want to play. [/QUOTE]

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