Do you play in games you aren't enjoying?

[TerraDave]

Nooooo

I do play mostly with the same group of friends...and there have been problems, but then somebody will say something, and hopefully adress it. But our big, big, big problem: real life messing with our gaming.

 

[Corathon]

I have played in games that I didn't like, for the sake of friendship. If I actually hate the game (as opposed to disliking it), that's too much, though.

 

[Ourph]

Yet, as the blog entry states, the main reason is that you aren't enjoying the game, but you are enjoying hanging out with friends. He isn't playing because he loves the experience, but his friends do and he wants to share that experience (and in GZ's case, keeping track of the competition is probably an issue).

I have other ways of spending time with friends that don't involve gaming. I would rather do something non-gaming related where I'm having fun with friends than simply spend time with friends not having fun.

In other cases some of these players really have two choices. They can put up with the problems in the game they are discussing, or they can quit and not game at all. Everyone doesn't have dozens of groups they can enter and just start playing.

I would rather not game at all than play in a game where I'm not having fun. The reason I play RPGs is because it's a fun hobby. If it's not fun, what is the purpose of being there? I don't understand why some people feel it's important to play just for the sake of being actively involved in a game (as if they are "wasting their lives" if they haven't played an RPG in the last month).

 

[Edheldur]

Nope, and that's why I'm looking for players or a group again.

 

[diaglo]

i have in the past played in some games i have not enjoyed.

my hat of d02 knows no limits

 

[WayneLigon]

Do you have a game you play in, or have played in, that you dislike or even hate, yet keep playing? Have you done that in the past?

I have indeed - more than once - put up with a game because the people involved were my friends and bad gaming is usually better than no gaming at all for me. Only a couple of times have things gotten so bad that I've left. I will try to steer things towards something better, or offer to run a game myself if nothing else seems to be working.

 

[sckeener]

I've played in a few games that I didn't like but I played to be with friends.

As a player I think I need to share that with the DM and try my best not to disrupt the game that I'm not enjoying. I know I will fail, but I'll try. The reason I know I'll disrupt the game is simple. I'm not interested in it.

As a DM with a player that isn't enjoying the game, I hope that I'd discuss with the player to see what elements are missing from the game and trying to incorporate them into the game while keeping in mind it is impossible to please everyone all the time. My usually method is to pick half the group and have elements in the game that would interest them with a special interest for one player each session. I then do the other half the next game....the usual outcome is that half the groups is still brooding about the last game where something interesting happened for them and the other half is worried/interested about the current game since it is affecting them.

The stories/adventures practically write themselves after a couple of sessions.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Do you have a game you play in, or have played in, that you dislike or even hate, yet keep playing? Have you done that in the past?

No. Life is too short to play crappy games.

(With the full understanding that my "great game" is someone else's "crappy game".)

RC

 

[Son_of_Thunder]

No!

Nope! I've left games I no longer find fun. Life goes on and a new game comes along.

 

[dmccoy1693]

Well, there's one game that I ceased having fun months ago in. Pretty much I stick with it because the DM is pretty much ready to quit the game if I drop out and I don't want to be the one to end the game. Fortunately, I joined another group recently that is ALOT of fun. I'd have to rate the second group about as fun as 5 barrels of monkeys (out of a possible 5).