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<blockquote data-quote="Cbas10" data-source="post: 1320699" data-attributes="member: 6459">I think that lists of questions sent out to prospective players is very pretentious and egotistical.&nbsp; I am, however, very curious about the questions presented to the original poster.&nbsp; On the other hand, I do think that it is proper and polite to make a posting for what sort of qualities/tendancies a DM wants in players when he is starting a new game with a new group.Personally, my games are always invitation-only, so I tend not to run into this problem.&nbsp; When I do misjudge a player, invite him to play, and find out that he is not all that compatible with the group, the rest of the group usually beats me to being brutally honest.&nbsp; There is no beating around the bush; whether a player is being a game-time rules lawyer, a number-crunching min-maxer, or an omniscient OOC knowledge wielder, we allways do the same thing: Tell them &quot;we don't play like that here, but here is a bit of constructive advice on how to have fun in this sort of game.&quot;&nbsp; If that player still shows some of those tendancies, but is obviously trying to fit in and not derail the game, I'll certainly keep inviting him back to play.&nbsp; I am certainly not shy about telling a player not to come back because he constantly takes time out of the game to argue rules, for instance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cbas10, post: 1320699, member: 6459"] I think that lists of questions sent out to prospective players is very pretentious and egotistical. I am, however, very curious about the questions presented to the original poster. On the other hand, I do think that it is proper and polite to make a posting for what sort of qualities/tendancies a DM wants in players when he is starting a new game with a new group. Personally, my games are always invitation-only, so I tend not to run into this problem. When I do misjudge a player, invite him to play, and find out that he is not all that compatible with the group, the rest of the group usually beats me to being brutally honest. There is no beating around the bush; whether a player is being a game-time rules lawyer, a number-crunching min-maxer, or an omniscient OOC knowledge wielder, we allways do the same thing: Tell them "we don't play like that here, but here is a bit of constructive advice on how to have fun in this sort of game." If that player still shows some of those tendancies, but is obviously trying to fit in and not derail the game, I'll certainly keep inviting him back to play. I am certainly not shy about telling a player not to come back because he constantly takes time out of the game to argue rules, for instance. [/QUOTE]

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