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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 4649736" data-attributes="member: 40109">My Dad would just pull me aside and tell me how disappointed he is in my behavior, rather than drop-kick me, but otherwise...yeah, everything else still follows.&nbsp;Common courtesy isn't reserved only for grandmas. When someone does you a favor, you don't tell them: &quot;I don't care how hard you worked on that.&quot; And though they may fail in their attempt to please you (I used the grandma/sweater analogy because most of us have, at some time in our lives, received an undesirable gift from a grandma or similar person), only a [censored] feels no appreciation for the effort. It really is &quot;the thought that counts.&quot;&nbsp;When someone DMs for you, they're doing you a favor. If you wouldn't rather play than DM, you'd be DMing instead of playing...so obviously, you'd rather play than DM yourself. To play, you need someone to DM for you. Thus, you owe your DM a little gratitude.&nbsp;Jeff Wilder said it first, upthread, but I'll join him: I'm flabbergasted that so many people apparently have no appreciation for the work their DMs do. Sadly, it just reinforces the stereotype that gamers tend to be &quot;socially challenged&quot; individuals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 4649736, member: 40109"] My Dad would just pull me aside and tell me how disappointed he is in my behavior, rather than drop-kick me, but otherwise...yeah, everything else still follows. Common courtesy isn't reserved only for grandmas. When someone does you a [I]favor,[/I] you don't tell them: "I don't care how hard you worked on that." And though they may fail in their attempt to please you (I used the grandma/sweater analogy because most of us have, at some time in our lives, received an undesirable gift from a grandma or similar person), only a [B][COLOR=plum][censored][/COLOR][/B] [I]feels[/I] no appreciation for the effort. It really [I]is[/I] "the thought that counts." When someone DMs for you, they're doing you a favor. If you wouldn't rather play than DM, you'd be DMing instead of playing...so obviously, you'd rather play than DM yourself. To play, you need someone to DM for you. Thus, you owe your DM a little gratitude. Jeff Wilder said it first, upthread, but I'll join him: I'm flabbergasted that so many people apparently have no appreciation for the work their DMs do. Sadly, it just reinforces the stereotype that gamers tend to be "socially challenged" individuals. [/QUOTE]

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