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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steenan" data-source="post: 5162579" data-attributes="member: 23240">GMing is fun for me when players appreciate my creation. It really does not matter how much time I had to put in preparing a game. When, during a session, I see my players enjoining it, and they thank me for running a game when it is finished, I know it was worth it.It becomes work when what I do is wasted. When I have a next session of a campaign ready, but players can't find time for a game because of other hobbies. When they ignore my hooks, don't push the story in another interesting direction and just perform random acts of violence or have hours of meaningless (IG or OOG) smalltalk. When they, in a gamist game, feel entitled to win and protest on being faced with challenges. In general - when our initial social contract is violated.Fortunately, most of these problems come up in long campaigns. By running mostly one-shots and short story arcs, both me and my players are having a lot of fun with a minimal dose of frustration.</blockquote>