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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8387740" data-attributes="member: 177">Sure, that's fine.&nbsp; Now, can you recognize the difference between a general piece of advice, and advice personally designed and intended for Oofta?&nbsp; Because, sure, what you are saying is that Oofta is an old hand, and can recognize the differences between the actors and his group.&nbsp; Oofta will be fine if he watches CR, and looks for tips and tricks to take away. But what about all those folks who aren't as experienced and self-possessed in their Game Mastery as Oofta?&nbsp; Who may be new at running games, and not really get that CR isn't bog-standard D&amp;D, and may not be the best expectation to set for new GMs?&nbsp; Who may not know that the set pieces are hard enough to match that even Oofta probably wouldn't aim for them, say?Maybe, refuting the advice because Oofta doesn't need it does a bit of a disservice to the advice, and those other GMs...I'm not sure who did say that.&nbsp; I'm saying that their performance is perhaps not a great target to aim for at enough individual tables to make for some decent general advice to not use CR as a measuring stick.&nbsp; I'm saying that a lot of the performance they get is hard to elicit from of most gamers, because they don't often have the same skills (and support) as the actors and GM on CR, and watching it may not actually give you the methods needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8387740, member: 177"] Sure, that's fine. Now, can you recognize the difference between a general piece of advice, and advice personally designed and intended for Oofta? Because, sure, what you are saying is that Oofta is an old hand, and can recognize the differences between the actors and his group. Oofta will be fine if he watches CR, and looks for tips and tricks to take away. But what about all those folks who aren't as experienced and self-possessed in their Game Mastery as Oofta? Who may be new at running games, and not really get that CR isn't bog-standard D&D, and may not be the best expectation to set for new GMs? Who may not know that the set pieces are hard enough to match that even Oofta probably wouldn't aim for them, say? Maybe, refuting the advice because Oofta doesn't need it does a bit of a disservice to the advice, and those other GMs... I'm not sure who did say that. I'm saying that their performance is perhaps not a great target to aim for at enough individual tables to make for some decent general advice to not use CR as a measuring stick. I'm saying that a lot of the performance they get is hard to elicit from of most gamers, because they don't often have the same skills (and support) as the actors and GM on CR, and watching it may not actually give you the methods needed. [/QUOTE]

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