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<blockquote data-quote="zarionofarabel" data-source="post: 8150411" data-attributes="member: 7026405"><p>No, but it is a game hosted at a public location. The participants are not a group of longtime friends, at least they told me they don't socialize outside of the game. I was invited to take over GM duties by the operator of the public space as the previous GM has commitments elsewhere. I started by pitching Pendragon and was unanimously voted down, as always. Then I pitched my GoT pastiche, 3 players said yes, 1 player said only if they get to change the premise of the campaign to suit their personal preferences. Then, in essence, they got voted out 4 to 1. I don't know what to tell you. If you think I'm supposed to feel bad, I don't. If the odd player out could, or would have, just given up on playing a particular character that didn't fit the premise I and three other people were keen on playing, they wouldn't have gotten the boot. I don't have a problem spending my time and effort running a game I'm interested in running, I absolutely won't run a game I'm not interested in running just to make others happy. I want to have fun with my hobby. Running a murderhobo fantasy adventure is not my thing, neither is kitchen sink fantasy. None of the other players, including the one who got the boot, have any interest in being a GM, so either I do the GM thing or all the players lose out. Hopefully the ousted player will find a game they enjoy participating in soon. I assume they will, as other groups hosted at the same location are looking for new players, and those games are much more what that player is look for as far as I can tell. If it makes you feel better, those other games are probably going to lose players, opening spots for my ousted player, because players in those groups want to join my game apparently. Lucky for me, the new perspective players sound like they are excited to play something other than kitchen sink fantasy murderhobo adventuring so hopefully they have compatible character concepts in mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zarionofarabel, post: 8150411, member: 7026405"] No, but it is a game hosted at a public location. The participants are not a group of longtime friends, at least they told me they don't socialize outside of the game. I was invited to take over GM duties by the operator of the public space as the previous GM has commitments elsewhere. I started by pitching Pendragon and was unanimously voted down, as always. Then I pitched my GoT pastiche, 3 players said yes, 1 player said only if they get to change the premise of the campaign to suit their personal preferences. Then, in essence, they got voted out 4 to 1. I don't know what to tell you. If you think I'm supposed to feel bad, I don't. If the odd player out could, or would have, just given up on playing a particular character that didn't fit the premise I and three other people were keen on playing, they wouldn't have gotten the boot. I don't have a problem spending my time and effort running a game I'm interested in running, I absolutely won't run a game I'm not interested in running just to make others happy. I want to have fun with my hobby. Running a murderhobo fantasy adventure is not my thing, neither is kitchen sink fantasy. None of the other players, including the one who got the boot, have any interest in being a GM, so either I do the GM thing or all the players lose out. Hopefully the ousted player will find a game they enjoy participating in soon. I assume they will, as other groups hosted at the same location are looking for new players, and those games are much more what that player is look for as far as I can tell. If it makes you feel better, those other games are probably going to lose players, opening spots for my ousted player, because players in those groups want to join my game apparently. Lucky for me, the new perspective players sound like they are excited to play something other than kitchen sink fantasy murderhobo adventuring so hopefully they have compatible character concepts in mind. [/QUOTE]
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