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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5638829" data-attributes="member: 54707">&nbsp; &nbsp;I think of it as both, and my player soften tell&nbsp; me they have found the games I run both enjoyable and useful (in real life).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;But I would have to say that generally&nbsp; speaking (because I cannot really know just how useful or beneficial or even&nbsp; enjoyable a game was to them, only they can really know that) I am the primary&nbsp; beneficiary of my games.&nbsp; &nbsp;For the following reasons: it helps my&nbsp; imagination, it often helps me invent (I see or invent a game device and then&nbsp; think, how might this work in the real world?), helps me problem solve, has&nbsp; often helped me gain psychological insight into others and how they think and&nbsp; behave, and has sometimes been the basis for fictional worlds I have later&nbsp; modified and adapted into my fictional writings. (It has also on occasion been&nbsp; the source of numerous non-fictional articles I have written.)&nbsp; &nbsp;But there have also been a number of other&nbsp; benefits as well. Over time it improved various skills I either learned or&nbsp; improved through gaming - such as writing, mapping, organization, plot&nbsp; development and mapping, linguistic and language skills, (en)coding and&nbsp; (en)crypting, detective, SAR, mathematical abilities, observational&nbsp; capabilities, vocabulary (especially the use of antique or foreign terminology),&nbsp; historical knowledge, research skills, communications, planning, and&nbsp; logistics/resource allocation.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm sure there are other advantages either&nbsp; directly or indirectly related to gaming I have not recalled or recorded. But&nbsp; primarily I would have to say that the greater share of benefit in game&nbsp; DMing/GMing has gone to me.&nbsp; &nbsp;Or maybe I should say that I feel I have enjoyed&nbsp; the greatest share of benefit by my gaming efforts on the behalf of&nbsp; others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5638829, member: 54707"] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I think of it as both, and my player soften tell me they have found the games I run both enjoyable and useful (in real life). [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]But I would have to say that generally speaking (because I cannot really know just how useful or beneficial or even enjoyable a game was to them, only they can really know that) I am the primary beneficiary of my games.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]For the following reasons: it helps my imagination, it often helps me invent (I see or invent a game device and then think, how might this work in the real world?), helps me problem solve, has often helped me gain psychological insight into others and how they think and behave, and has sometimes been the basis for fictional worlds I have later modified and adapted into my fictional writings. (It has also on occasion been the source of numerous non-fictional articles I have written.)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]But there have also been a number of other benefits as well. Over time it improved various skills I either learned or improved through gaming - such as writing, mapping, organization, plot development and mapping, linguistic and language skills, (en)coding and (en)crypting, detective, SAR, mathematical abilities, observational capabilities, vocabulary (especially the use of antique or foreign terminology), historical knowledge, research skills, communications, planning, and logistics/resource allocation.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I'm sure there are other advantages either directly or indirectly related to gaming I have not recalled or recorded. But primarily I would have to say that the greater share of benefit in game DMing/GMing has gone to me.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Or maybe I should say that I feel I have enjoyed the greatest share of benefit by my gaming efforts on the behalf of others.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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