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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7150704" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>There's a problem with the sports analogy being used here. It's true that in sports players are expected to sit on the sidelines and watch at least some of the time. However, it typically isn't a single player sitting on the sidelines watching everyone else play. I'm not a sports guy, but my fiance plays in two fast pitch leagues and based on her stories they have at least as much fun off the field as when they are on the field. I don't think it's reasonable to expect the same mentality for both. If the sidelined players at a gaming table were to carry on the way my fiance's team does, those who were still playing would likely find it rather disruptive.</p><p></p><p>I enjoy watching RPG shows (such as Critical Role), but strictly as background. I have to be doing something else, whether it be coding or cooking, otherwise I find that I get bored rather quickly. If I'm focusing on something else, my mind sort of just quietly absorbs what's going on until it finds something particularly interesting/amusing, at which point I begin actively listening once more. This, despite the fact that I'm normally the sort of person who is terrible at multi-tasking (my fiance can study and watch TV at the same time - she even gets As; I find studying with the TV on to be impossible, as it's far too distracting).</p><p></p><p>If someone at my gaming table is taken out indefinitely, then at the end of the scene whoever is DMing will suggest the player roll up a new character. Typically, we'll put the game on pause and chat about various topics until that player is ready to rejoin play. It can suck a bit, particularly when the player has a hard time coming up with a concept and character creation takes up most of the session, but we consider it rude to exclude the player. While it's never happened before, I think if the player excused himself and requested that we continue without him, we wouldn't take issue with it. Heck, we've canceled games mid-session because a player had an emergency and we didn't want to exclude him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7150704, member: 53980"] There's a problem with the sports analogy being used here. It's true that in sports players are expected to sit on the sidelines and watch at least some of the time. However, it typically isn't a single player sitting on the sidelines watching everyone else play. I'm not a sports guy, but my fiance plays in two fast pitch leagues and based on her stories they have at least as much fun off the field as when they are on the field. I don't think it's reasonable to expect the same mentality for both. If the sidelined players at a gaming table were to carry on the way my fiance's team does, those who were still playing would likely find it rather disruptive. I enjoy watching RPG shows (such as Critical Role), but strictly as background. I have to be doing something else, whether it be coding or cooking, otherwise I find that I get bored rather quickly. If I'm focusing on something else, my mind sort of just quietly absorbs what's going on until it finds something particularly interesting/amusing, at which point I begin actively listening once more. This, despite the fact that I'm normally the sort of person who is terrible at multi-tasking (my fiance can study and watch TV at the same time - she even gets As; I find studying with the TV on to be impossible, as it's far too distracting). If someone at my gaming table is taken out indefinitely, then at the end of the scene whoever is DMing will suggest the player roll up a new character. Typically, we'll put the game on pause and chat about various topics until that player is ready to rejoin play. It can suck a bit, particularly when the player has a hard time coming up with a concept and character creation takes up most of the session, but we consider it rude to exclude the player. While it's never happened before, I think if the player excused himself and requested that we continue without him, we wouldn't take issue with it. Heck, we've canceled games mid-session because a player had an emergency and we didn't want to exclude him. [/QUOTE]
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