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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7600497" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Just to follow up on what [MENTION=1282]darkbard[/MENTION] posted - I've found the discussion around the role of performance in RPGing interesting, as clearly there are different views about that. (Hopefully mine are clear.) But in some ways the most interesting response so far has been [MENTION=8495]uzirath[/MENTION]'s, because of the connection drawn to teaching RPing/GMing.</p><p></p><p>Part of the motivation for the OP was to respond to a trend in GM advice that I've noticed on-and-off for years (decades), and that seemed to be implicit in one or two recent threads, which emphasises the need for GMs to work on their performance skills. Whereas when I have (recently) been GMed by a new referee, the performances were fine (in the sense that sentences were produced without monotone, words were utterly clearly, etc) but the evident real demand on the GM (which he did a good job of meeting, I felt) was to manage situation and consequence. In fact when it came to consequences, he did a better job (I think) than I have done in GMing Burning Wheel, at least in appreciating the full range of consequences the system permits. I've been GMed by GMs who were better thespians, but who could have learned a thing or two from this guy whose GMed a handful of sessions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7600497, member: 42582"] Just to follow up on what [MENTION=1282]darkbard[/MENTION] posted - I've found the discussion around the role of performance in RPGing interesting, as clearly there are different views about that. (Hopefully mine are clear.) But in some ways the most interesting response so far has been [MENTION=8495]uzirath[/MENTION]'s, because of the connection drawn to teaching RPing/GMing. Part of the motivation for the OP was to respond to a trend in GM advice that I've noticed on-and-off for years (decades), and that seemed to be implicit in one or two recent threads, which emphasises the need for GMs to work on their performance skills. Whereas when I have (recently) been GMed by a new referee, the performances were fine (in the sense that sentences were produced without monotone, words were utterly clearly, etc) but the evident real demand on the GM (which he did a good job of meeting, I felt) was to manage situation and consequence. In fact when it came to consequences, he did a better job (I think) than I have done in GMing Burning Wheel, at least in appreciating the full range of consequences the system permits. I've been GMed by GMs who were better thespians, but who could have learned a thing or two from this guy whose GMed a handful of sessions! [/QUOTE]
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