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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6264510" data-attributes="member: 1">But you don't pay ANY entertainment service per hour for the time it took them to create their service.&nbsp; You pay them for the time they entertain you.&nbsp; Why would anyone expect otherwise for GMing?&nbsp; Nobody goes to the theatre and then pays the actors and stagehands and crew thousands of dollars each for the 500 hours it took them to learn lines and rehearse.&nbsp; They pay for the price of a theatre ticket.&nbsp; You don't pay a cab driver for his driving lessons or cover the cost of buying his car.&nbsp; You pay $10 or something for one cab ride.Like my magician example above.&nbsp; You pay a kid's magician for a couple of hours, not for 8 months. The only way something like this can be paid reasonably is if you prepare it once, and then run it a hundred times, getting paid a little bit each time.&nbsp; Just like every other industry. The theatre actor gets paid a fair share (a salary) from the cumulative total of tens of thousands of people seeing the show.&nbsp;&nbsp; Otherwise it's like a kid's magician doing his act once and charging hundreds for the service, or a cab driver taking you on one trip and charging the customer $20,000 for the price of his car.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6264510, member: 1"] But you don't pay ANY entertainment service per hour for the time it took them to create their service. You pay them for the time they entertain you. Why would anyone expect otherwise for GMing? Nobody goes to the theatre and then pays the actors and stagehands and crew thousands of dollars each for the 500 hours it took them to learn lines and rehearse. They pay for the price of a theatre ticket. You don't pay a cab driver for his driving lessons or cover the cost of buying his car. You pay $10 or something for one cab ride. Like my magician example above. You pay a kid's magician for a couple of hours, not for 8 months. The only way something like this can be paid reasonably is if you prepare it once, and then run it a hundred times, getting paid a little bit each time. Just like every other industry. The theatre actor gets paid a fair share (a salary) from the cumulative total of tens of thousands of people seeing the show. Otherwise it's like a kid's magician doing his act once and charging hundreds for the service, or a cab driver taking you on one trip and charging the customer $20,000 for the price of his car. [/QUOTE]

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