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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 5021593" data-attributes="member: 54364">For me GMing has all the fun that the above posters have mentioned. It's creative. It's cool to see the players interacting with your creations, alternately amazing and horrifying me.  (I just looked down to check what had been covered in the thread and saw the new posts that had popped up while I was typing. This seems to be turning into a Burnt Out GM Support Group. That's cool, I've been having some trouble motivating myself to GM for the last few months as well. So please take all that follows in the sense of: I understand where you're coming from, I'm currently going through it too.) Well that sounds pretty <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> there, Kzach. I mean it's only good manners to thank the GM after the game. The GM puts in a lot of work. A LOT. Of course when I GM I also like to thank the players as well because they make my little fantasies come to life in a way I could not. It really is amazing how far this little courtesy goes. It can also open up the conversation to what people liked/didn't like and maybe fix some of the frustrations people (players and GM) are having. It really sucks that you haven't been able to find people who have basic good manners. BUt they are out there. Even in gaming, a niche hobby in which many participants seem to have some sort of social awkwardness/ retardation. But there is hope that you can find a better group. Decent people do play the game. Take a break, or maybe join a local gaming group but only as a player. If you do find some folks you like gaming with maybe try to find other activities you can share so that you interact in other social situations. For instance I like to go to the pub (this may not be surprising to some) and I ask folks if they'd like to join me. BAscially I must enjoy hanging out with the people with whom I game. If I don't I find the game itself goes south very fast. The times this has happened have been in the last couple of years when I've tried to get a game through using various gamer meet gamer forums/web spots/et.al. I've met some nice people this way and some really annoying idiots. The trick has been to winnow out the idiots but keep the good ones. If you can't keep the good ones without ditching the idiots (say in the case of a couple where one partner is cool and the other a total arse) lose both. I've managed to get a group of 6 together that has been solid for about 6 months now and looks like it'll go the distance. Hooray. Right now I'm havign trouble going back to a campaign I run in another city. I'm not enjoying it anymore. I think the main problem is the fact that it long went off into stratosphere powers levels (It's a 3.5 game so I mean more than 10th level.) Toying with the idea of maybe changing system to HERO. Toning down the power level and getting back to something I'm more comfortable with. But that would be a hell of a lot of work. And I haven't even broached the idea with the players yet. Hey, Auld Grump. What questions are on your feed back form? And which ones seem to get the most response? Must go to work, will check in later.Cheers.</blockquote>

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