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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9640526">But you make it sound like we are all emotionally wrestling with one another here. I think what happens with most people is they tend to find gamers whose personalities fit their own. When I game with a new GM, I am curious about that GMs style, I am not interested in imposing my preferences on them. And what matters most to me is the personalities at the table. After that comes play style. And for play style I can be pretty flexible. I am not going to ruin a session because someone wants to run Torchbearer for example, If that is what they are running, that is what I'll play. And if it is D&D, I'll go with whatever style the GM is comfortable running (I wouldn't for example tell a GM who is clearly more comfortable running a game around scenes or based around a clear adventure path, that they should run it like a living world sandbox). What I find is I tend to gravitate towards groups with a bunch of people who are willing to run games occasionally in different ways. And people are generally pretty accommodating to different GM styles. And when I run a game, I tend to be very flexible depending on the kinds of players I have (I will shift my style to fit the players I have at the table). And I am happy to do that. But I am not happy to play with either problem GMs or problem players (people who make their preferences an issues for everyone else at the table) But this is something you hash out with your group. It is the same as anything involving a group of people. Whether its a game, going to the movies or a restaurant, people hash out and navigate expectations (and generally if your with a group whose expectations are making you frustrated, you find another group: I am not going to go watch 6 movies I can't stand because I hang out with people who insist on watching them). No one is telling you to walk around on eggshells. In fact I am saying that is something I am not going to do. If people have personalities where I feel like I am walking around on eggshells when I game with them, I won't play with them</blockquote>

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