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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5860432" data-attributes="member: 92305">You're not making the game important enough in your life.&nbsp; It's secondary to your other interests and demands on your time.&nbsp; And, you're not respecting the time put in by your DM and fellow players.&nbsp;If you couldn't play at all would you make sure you made every game?&nbsp;Part of this is because your DM will let you act that way.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a standing rule I enacted decades ago and still use to this day.&nbsp; When I'm running a game, everyone shows up or no one plays.&nbsp;If you knew that none of your fellow players or DM would not play, would you still disregard the agreed upon game time as lightly?&nbsp;When I set up a game session, I'm flexible.&nbsp; Everybody is an adult with families and careers and children and lots of demands on their time.&nbsp; When we finally find a time to play, and everyone agrees, we write that time down in stone.&nbsp; Rarely do we change it after it is agreed.&nbsp; Because, again, if one of us doesn't show up, no the game doesn't happen.&nbsp;With that rule in place, I find that the players are quite respectful of the game time and do everything possible to make the game.&nbsp; As I said, it's a very rare occurence that I've got to change the game date once it is set.&nbsp;I've never had a player who didn't respect the rule, but if I did, he wouldn't be playing with us as soon as it was evident we weren't playing often and changing games because of him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5860432, member: 92305"] You're not making the game important enough in your life. It's secondary to your other interests and demands on your time. And, you're not respecting the time put in by your DM and fellow players. If you couldn't play at all would you make sure you made every game? Part of this is because your DM will let you act that way. I have a standing rule I enacted decades ago and still use to this day. When I'm running a game, everyone shows up or no one plays. If you knew that none of your fellow players or DM would not play, would you still disregard the agreed upon game time as lightly? When I set up a game session, I'm flexible. Everybody is an adult with families and careers and children and lots of demands on their time. When we finally find a time to play, and everyone agrees, we write that time down in stone. Rarely do we change it after it is agreed. Because, again, if one of us doesn't show up, no the game doesn't happen. With that rule in place, I find that the players are quite respectful of the game time and do everything possible to make the game. As I said, it's a very rare occurence that I've got to change the game date once it is set. I've never had a player who didn't respect the rule, but if I did, he wouldn't be playing with us as soon as it was evident we weren't playing often and changing games because of him. [/QUOTE]

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