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<blockquote data-quote="Chriskaballa" data-source="post: 23708" data-attributes="member: 2074">In response to reapersaurus's question:I am 13, soon to be 14, and my players are aged 15, 15, and 17. Despite the fact I am younger than them we are good friends, and have a positive attitude going into the game.I am considered a &quot;child genius&quot; by some and I am mostly a logic/thinker kind of guy, so if any disputes arise in the group, in-game or out-of-game, they are put down quickly as I settle things fairly with no bias. (From my players' point of view, and mine, too.)To Trevalon's comment:I wish I had a group as calm as yours that would snap to attention with one mention of those words. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Unfortunately, my group isn't like that. The bullwhip IS an excellent idea though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />And last but not least, GnomeWorks's comment.This is my first game as a DM. I've been unfortunate enough as to only have two experiences as a player: once up to second level, and once only up to 1st. This may account for my inability to keep the players interested as we get higher and higher in level (they are 5th right now). I don't like DMing online. I've tried it once, and it is a pain for me as I can only type about 25 to 30 AWPM (adjusted words per minute). And accounting that I'm usually reading off a paper or module or whatever while typing, that slows me considerably.Anyway, I thank you all for the help. I would like to see more comments if possible, so I can get more of an idea how to get the group on task and to listen to me so I don't have to raise my voice or repeat myself to get their attention.-Chris</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chriskaballa, post: 23708, member: 2074"] In response to reapersaurus's question: I am 13, soon to be 14, and my players are aged 15, 15, and 17. Despite the fact I am younger than them we are good friends, and have a positive attitude going into the game. I am considered a "child genius" by some and I am mostly a logic/thinker kind of guy, so if any disputes arise in the group, in-game or out-of-game, they are put down quickly as I settle things fairly with no bias. (From my players' point of view, and mine, too.) To Trevalon's comment: I wish I had a group as calm as yours that would snap to attention with one mention of those words. :) Unfortunately, my group isn't like that. The bullwhip IS an excellent idea though. :D And last but not least, GnomeWorks's comment. This is my first game as a DM. I've been unfortunate enough as to only have two experiences as a player: once up to second level, and once only up to 1st. This may account for my inability to keep the players interested as we get higher and higher in level (they are 5th right now). I don't like DMing online. I've tried it once, and it is a pain for me as I can only type about 25 to 30 AWPM (adjusted words per minute). And accounting that I'm usually reading off a paper or module or whatever while typing, that slows me considerably. Anyway, I thank you all for the help. I would like to see more comments if possible, so I can get more of an idea how to get the group on task and to listen to me so I don't have to raise my voice or repeat myself to get their attention. -Chris [/QUOTE]

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