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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ant" data-source="post: 1605653" data-attributes="member: 17627">Are you or are you not the DM?The relationship between the DM and the players is not one-sided.  While the DM usually ends up giving a lot more he is not there to cater for the players every whim.  Also, it's not just the DMs responsibility to make sure the game is fun for everyone -- it's up to the players as well.  I disagree with the "players are the customers" analogy if only for the fact that this leads to the "customers are always right" mindset and that is definitely not how I'd want to run my games.I also don't believe it's always necessary for the DM to consult the players before embarking on a new campaign.  From personal experience our group has had a number of very enjoyable campaigns where the players were told what the flavour of the campaign was going to be and they were to make characters accordingly.  You do need to exercise some caution here -- I've been DMing pretty much the same bunch of whacky misfits for a long, long time and I've been very fortunate that almost all of them have been amazing roleplayers.Of course, it's also good to get the players feedback and likes and dislikes.  Only last night one of the players offered to start a d20 Modern campaign and asked everyone what they'd like the flavour to be.  We all enjoyed offering suggestions and appreciated the opportunity to have our say.Back to the matter at hand, I'd simply tell the players that you had a more serious campaign in mind and that you wouldn't be accepting characters with those names.  If they're in the mood for a silly RPG romp then maybe one of them could DM such a game (might I suggest Toon) or, heck, just start a d20 Star Wars game.</blockquote>

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