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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5455535" data-attributes="member: 32740">Okay, courtesy is still courtesy, however, D&amp;D is also not business.&nbsp; People may not like to hear it but my schedule just may be more important than yours - or anyone else at the table.&nbsp; I fully expect that in others points of view THEIR schedule is more important than mine.&nbsp; That may be true for every individual at the table.&nbsp; Life is messy and people don't function on clockwork.&nbsp; D&amp;D is also just not an activity that is going to be perceived as running on a ticking clock.&nbsp; You may have to actually TELL people that, and even routinely remind them especially if your D&amp;D game has limited time for some players to even be there and participate.&nbsp;Really, I do see this as largely just another communication issue between DM and players.&nbsp; As far as the OP is concerned the players simply need to be told that time for actual gaming is LIMITED.&nbsp; They need to be prompt.&nbsp; They need to arrive PREPARED TO GAME.&nbsp; They need to be respectful of the time being set aside by other players to be there.&nbsp; Yes, it shouldn't have to be said.&nbsp; 20 years ago it likely WOULDN'T have to be said because people were still taught these things and had such behaviors enforced/reinforced, but welcome to the lazy 21st century self-oriented society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 5455535, member: 32740"] Okay, courtesy is still courtesy, however, D&D is also [I]not[/I] business. People may not like to hear it but my schedule [I]just may be[/I] more important than yours - or anyone else at the table. I fully expect that in others points of view THEIR schedule is more important than mine. That may be true for [I]every[/I] individual at the table. Life is messy and people don't function on clockwork. D&D is also just not an activity that is going to be perceived as running on a ticking clock. You may have to actually TELL people that, and even routinely remind them especially if your D&D game has limited time for some players to even be there and participate. Really, I do see this as largely just another communication issue between DM and players. As far as the OP is concerned the players simply need to be told that time for actual gaming is LIMITED. They need to be prompt. They need to arrive PREPARED TO GAME. They need to be respectful of the time being set aside by other players to be there. Yes, it shouldn't have to be said. 20 years ago it likely WOULDN'T have to be said because people were still taught these things and had such behaviors enforced/reinforced, but welcome to the lazy 21st century self-oriented society. [/QUOTE]

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