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<blockquote data-quote="kamosa" data-source="post: 1509918" data-attributes="member: 1037">That's tough.I've had this happen a couple times during my gaming career.&nbsp; I agree, if you aren't having fun, its a bad GM (for you at least).&nbsp; It really depends on the person.&nbsp; Some people are open to suggestion and want to be better GM's.&nbsp; Some are convinced that they already know everything there is to know and they will take it badly if you try to get them to change.&nbsp; If you think you can approach this person openly, make sure you respect them while you are giving them the talking to.&nbsp; Nobody likes to hear that they are causing a problem whether they are a player or GM.&nbsp;&nbsp; They will likely be defensive and will probably argue with you about it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did this for one GM and they changed.&nbsp;&nbsp; The GM was railroading us pretty hard and then wondering why we were board.&nbsp; I took him aside and talked with him about GMing for a couple hours one night.&nbsp; I tried to show him ways to motivate the players other than RR.&nbsp; He actually took it to heart and ran a much better game after that.Bouyed up by that experience I tried it with the next RR GM I played under.&nbsp; That totally backfired and ended up ending the game.&nbsp; That GM was determined to show me that I was wrong about gaming and that I didn't know the first thing about something that he considered himself an expert at.I've also just kept my mouth shut and moved on. From the other side, when I was a newbie GM, I had a very experienced GM as a player.&nbsp; He would pass me notes mid game with suggestions.&nbsp; He would pass me a note like &quot;The players are getting bored, make something happen&quot;. I never took offense to it and often followed them because he was right and it would improve the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kamosa, post: 1509918, member: 1037"] That's tough. I've had this happen a couple times during my gaming career. I agree, if you aren't having fun, its a bad GM (for you at least). It really depends on the person. Some people are open to suggestion and want to be better GM's. Some are convinced that they already know everything there is to know and they will take it badly if you try to get them to change. If you think you can approach this person openly, make sure you respect them while you are giving them the talking to. Nobody likes to hear that they are causing a problem whether they are a player or GM. They will likely be defensive and will probably argue with you about it. I did this for one GM and they changed. The GM was railroading us pretty hard and then wondering why we were board. I took him aside and talked with him about GMing for a couple hours one night. I tried to show him ways to motivate the players other than RR. He actually took it to heart and ran a much better game after that. Bouyed up by that experience I tried it with the next RR GM I played under. That totally backfired and ended up ending the game. That GM was determined to show me that I was wrong about gaming and that I didn't know the first thing about something that he considered himself an expert at. I've also just kept my mouth shut and moved on. From the other side, when I was a newbie GM, I had a very experienced GM as a player. He would pass me notes mid game with suggestions. He would pass me a note like "The players are getting bored, make something happen". I never took offense to it and often followed them because he was right and it would improve the game. [/QUOTE]

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