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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightchilde-2" data-source="post: 1156462" data-attributes="member: 4109">I so very much have been in just your position (even before I moved 45 minutes to an hour away from all of my group).  I'm our group's DM, and I really REALLY got tired of going through all the time and trouble of working up a session, only to have 2 out of 7 people show up.Yes, it's just a game, but if you tell people "yeah, I'll be there" and then just don't show up, well, that's very inconsiderate and (if enough people pull this stunt) ruins the plans of more than just one or two people.So, what we did is institute a couple of rules in our group.  First, if you can't commit to, and actually make it to, at least 80% of the games, don't even waste our time saying you want to play.Secondly, through the magic of email, I take a poll of who plans to be there a couple of days ahead of time.  *Most* of the time, everyone knows whether they will or will not be able to make it on Friday for the game.  Even if they don't know for sure, a simple, courteous "something may come up, but at this point I'm planning on being there" is cool.It really, honestly is more a matter of respect; to me, to the other people in the group; than a matter of "it's just a game."</blockquote>