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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TanithT" data-source="post: 5946657" data-attributes="member: 87695">To focus on the game aspect of what makes it work for me, what I want from the GM is quality storytelling, solid characters and well thought out world background and setting.  Cliche story or setting tropes turn me off, especially if they're mostly about how this gender always does this and that gender always does the other thing.  Overused PC or NPC character tropes, male or female, are also not much fun.  I prefer good quality, logically consistent backstory and setting that will allow me to suspend disbelief and enjoy my participation in the story.From the other players, I want pretty much the same thing.  Not that every one of them has to be a published writer, or a super accomplished roleplayer who stays in character with elf ears and a fake English accent all the time.  Actually that would probably get annoying, though I could deal with an overenthusiastic rp'er better than a total min/maxer, hack and slasher, Munchkin powergamer who had no idea what a character backstory is or why anyone would want one.  A reasonable balance is good, preferably leaning more on the "good storytelling/decent roleplaying" side. I really, REALLY don't want to sit at a gaming table where there is open contempt or hostility or weird treatment of a female gamer.  If I don't get the general impression that my presence is totally normal and I'm accepted as just another gamer, it is No Fun to sit there knowing that I'm getting some version of the hairy eyeball, weird remarks or uncomfortable extra attention from the other players.  I'm moving on.If I didn't like nerds and geeks I wouldn't be one myself.  So I can totally hang with people whose social skills are not perfectly polished, and stereotypes aside, there will probably be at least one at the table.  But there are some lines that will make even a fellow nerd uncomfortable if someone crosses them, so if you get up into my personal space and make me feel creepy for whatever reason, I'm not going to want to play at the same table as you.  I don't, for example, particularly want to game with these guys.  [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zng5kRle4FA"]Summoner Geeks[/ame]Most likely you don't either, regardless of your gender.The mechanics I'm fairly indifferent to.  If they're complicated, but the world and character building in the source material is good enough to make it worth my time to spend a couple hours studying the rules, I'll happily hit the books.  If it's not, I'll be down the hall playing something else.  I don't honestly think that you could substantially redesign any games to suit me any better, because you can do good quality storytelling and worldbuilding in just about any of them.  Or not.  The question isn't how the game is designed, but how it's actually played.</blockquote>

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