EnWorld DM to Player ratio

[Mystery Man]

Are you a DM or a Player (for the most part) please pick one or the other. I know some do both but which is it "most of the time" and which do you prefer?

 

[Lhorgrim]

I'm a player most of the time, but I enjoy being the DM on occasion.

I just haven't developed the epic stamina at continuing campaign arcs that a full time DM seems to need.

 

[KB9JMQ]

I DM'ed from Red Box until 2003. Now I have a second group that I am a player in.
I prefer to DM but I do love to play occasionaly.

 

[Ryltar]

DM. No time to play, must prepare next session, must ....

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

I've got 2 different groups. Play in one and GM for the other... both play every week for the same length sessions... not really sure which way to answer.

There's not much in it, but currently I prefer playing to GMing... although that changes fairly often.

 

[Wombat]

My nickname is my youth, even prior to D&D, was "The Ref". I set wargame scenarios, I learned to be an umpire. So it was only logical (especially as I was the first person in my group to buy the game) that I become the GM in the games.

While I enjoy playing, I rarely do so, as there is only so much time to actually game. **shrug** At least I truly enjoy being on the rules-side of the screen

 

[kolikeos]

i prefer to dm but am not the dm all fo the time
i am presently but we change dm every year or so

 

[Mr. Kaze]

I somewhat prefer to DM. Having played with 2 DMs, I really liked the one that had the inconvienently scheduled game (in the homebrew that he was consistently interested in). Go figure. But even then, I found that sometimes I really just wanted to swap characters for a more interesting build -- and being a DM gives me the chance to build things as interesting as my poor little players can handle.

Doppelganger vampire monks that go ethereal instead of gaseous...
Insane half-golem trolls...
Chimeric Yuan-Ti abominations...
Large half-fiend Gibbering Mouthers...
A demon chicken named Mr. Tiiba, based on the Vrock...
A Spirit Naga advanced to Huge size that cast Girallon's Blessing on herself to get 6 arms and look just like a certain demon with substantially higher CR....

And for all of that, the only guys that managed to kill a party memeber were the boring old clerics.

DMing is fun. Build as much as you want and it's a good thing when it dies.

::Kaze

 

[Kanegrundar]

I DM pretty much all of the time, unless we need a little retro gaming and pull out Hero Quest. I like to play upon occasion, but I love being the DM most of the time.

Kane

 

[DungeonMaster]

I bet the message board crowd will be heavily biased towards DMs. It's almost a fact that they get more involved than the players in the game as a whole because they spend the time preparing for sessions and have to adjucate what's fair and isn't. Message boards represent a source of ideas, inspiration and help for DMs.

Meh, my bet's hedged from what I see.