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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7919210" data-attributes="member: 177">Important, in what sense?I mean, is the GM a highly placed government official?&nbsp; An influential celebrity?&nbsp; A time traveler from the future, here to save humanity, apparently by way of a tabletop role playing game?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Okay then - so the folks at your table are.. just folks.&nbsp; In the grand scheme of things, even if they are a government official or a celebrity*, they're just the same meat and bones as you.&nbsp; There's seven billion other people on the planet - none of us are particularly important.I mean, maybe it is Joe's birthday.&nbsp; Or maybe Sarah's had a hard week, so you could take it easy on her with the friendly insults, okay?&nbsp; But otherwise, nobody's really any more important.And, if your GM is sitting down to run a game, and anywhere near the front of their mind is, &quot;Ah!&nbsp; I am the most important person in the room!&quot; they are probably going to do a crummy job running the game, and see how important they feel when the players go... &quot;Dude, it isn't all about you.&nbsp; This isn't fun.&nbsp; We're going to go bowling.&quot;Don't worry about who is &quot;important&quot;.&nbsp; Worry about who these people are, and what their wants and needs are.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, knowing a bit of that, see if you can make the world a little nicer, just around the table, for a little while.* I cannot vouch for the time traveler.&nbsp; They probably have some weird transhumanist carbon nanotube bones, or somesuch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7919210, member: 177"] Important, in what sense? I mean, is the GM a highly placed government official? An influential celebrity? A time traveler from the future, here to save humanity, apparently by way of a tabletop role playing game? No? Okay then - so the folks at your table are.. just folks. In the grand scheme of things, even if they are a government official or a celebrity*, they're just the same meat and bones as you. There's seven billion other people on the planet - none of us are particularly important. I mean, maybe it is Joe's birthday. Or maybe Sarah's had a hard week, so you could take it easy on her with the friendly insults, okay? But otherwise, nobody's really any more important. And, if your GM is sitting down to run a game, and anywhere near the front of their mind is, "Ah! I am the most important person in the room!" they are probably going to do a crummy job running the game, and see how important they feel when the players go... "Dude, it isn't all about you. This isn't fun. We're going to go bowling." Don't worry about who is "important". Worry about who these people are, and what their wants and needs are. And, knowing a bit of that, see if you can make the world a little nicer, just around the table, for a little while. * I cannot vouch for the time traveler. They probably have some weird transhumanist carbon nanotube bones, or somesuch. [/QUOTE]

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