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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8870569" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Thus far, 77 distinct respondents have chosen some form of "I wanted to," out of 88 total respondents. That's a whopping 87.5% (exactly) of all respondents thus far saying they DM, or have been DM, because they personally want to.</p><p></p><p>It would seem that, at least among active participants in this forum, the overwhelming majority of DMs are people who specifically desire to be DM--though there's a meaningful contingent of them who do so at their players' prompting as well.</p><p></p><p>By comparison, only 18/88 = 20.5% (approx.) are DM because their players specifically sought them out to be DM for the group (regardless of other reasons for being DM.) Further, 34/88 = 38.6% (approx.) are DM because there was a vacancy to fill and they happened to be the one to fill it (regardless of other reasons.) There's some overlap between "they wanted me specifically" and "they needed someone and I stepped in," but not that much (6 respondents.)</p><p></p><p>It is, however, noteworthy that for both categories with enough responses to be more than statistical noise ("I wanted to" and "I accepted"), the "filled a vacancy" option is ahead of the "I was specifically requested." This implies that, for active users on this subforum, there's a meaningful distinction between being <em>nominated for</em> the DM position and <em>volunteering</em> for said position. That is, whether it is viewed as an obligation, service, favor, or something similar, there's a chunk more folks doing their DMing more or less as an offering/benefit to their group, rather than because the group sought them out and specifically asked them to be DM. The solid majority do it purely out of a desire to do it though, and that's not counting the handful of (exclusively) "Other" votes that I, personally, would have classified as being "because I want to."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8870569, member: 6790260"] Thus far, 77 distinct respondents have chosen some form of "I wanted to," out of 88 total respondents. That's a whopping 87.5% (exactly) of all respondents thus far saying they DM, or have been DM, because they personally want to. It would seem that, at least among active participants in this forum, the overwhelming majority of DMs are people who specifically desire to be DM--though there's a meaningful contingent of them who do so at their players' prompting as well. By comparison, only 18/88 = 20.5% (approx.) are DM because their players specifically sought them out to be DM for the group (regardless of other reasons for being DM.) Further, 34/88 = 38.6% (approx.) are DM because there was a vacancy to fill and they happened to be the one to fill it (regardless of other reasons.) There's some overlap between "they wanted me specifically" and "they needed someone and I stepped in," but not that much (6 respondents.) It is, however, noteworthy that for both categories with enough responses to be more than statistical noise ("I wanted to" and "I accepted"), the "filled a vacancy" option is ahead of the "I was specifically requested." This implies that, for active users on this subforum, there's a meaningful distinction between being [I]nominated for[/I] the DM position and [I]volunteering[/I] for said position. That is, whether it is viewed as an obligation, service, favor, or something similar, there's a chunk more folks doing their DMing more or less as an offering/benefit to their group, rather than because the group sought them out and specifically asked them to be DM. The solid majority do it purely out of a desire to do it though, and that's not counting the handful of (exclusively) "Other" votes that I, personally, would have classified as being "because I want to." [/QUOTE]
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