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<blockquote data-quote="Burnside" data-source="post: 8661766" data-attributes="member: 6910340">So a version of the so-called &quot;Mercer Effect.&quot; I sympathize with any DM who feels pressure about this. But a reasonable person isn't going to expect a restaurant-quality dining experience when having a casual dinner at a friend's house. Hobbyists and professionals are able to co-exist in every artistic field and in many areas involving gaming of all kinds. I really have faith in players to understand this, much like they understand their DM is not Matt Mercer.OP's post is funny to me because Pro DMing is I guess news to him but it's a pretty well-established area of the gigging economy at this point. Like he won't bring himself to post the name of StartPlaying because he doesn't want to use his platform to promote &quot;these clowns&quot;. Meanwhile, StartPlaying was on the front page of this website last month because &quot;these clowns&quot; just got $6.5 million in venture capitol to grow their site. It's academic at this point to debate whether Pro DMing &quot;should be a thing.&quot; It's been a thing for years now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Burnside, post: 8661766, member: 6910340"] So a version of the so-called "Mercer Effect." I sympathize with any DM who feels pressure about this. But a reasonable person isn't going to expect a restaurant-quality dining experience when having a casual dinner at a friend's house. Hobbyists and professionals are able to co-exist in every artistic field and in many areas involving gaming of all kinds. I really have faith in players to understand this, much like they understand their DM is not Matt Mercer. OP's post is funny to me because Pro DMing is I guess news to him but it's a pretty well-established area of the gigging economy at this point. Like he won't bring himself to post the name of StartPlaying because he doesn't want to use his platform to promote "these clowns". Meanwhile, StartPlaying was on the front page of this website last month because "these clowns" just got $6.5 million in venture capitol to grow their site. It's academic at this point to debate whether Pro DMing "should be a thing." It's been a thing for years now. [/QUOTE]

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