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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7929396" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>In terms of both time and effort, considerably less than 99%.</p><p></p><p>I have 4 players in my game plus me; we play for more or less 4 hours each week, that's 20 total hours. I might spend maybe on average* 4 hours a week between sessions working on game-related stuff (the only thing I guaranteed do every week is the game log, which often doesn't take long). So, we're on 24 total hours of which I spend roughly 8 - that's 33%.</p><p></p><p>* - widely variable; often less than 1 but occasionally a lot which brings the average up.</p><p></p><p>I'll grant the ratio of actual effort expended is higher, maybe more like 50%. Still a far cry from 99.</p><p></p><p>First off, I'm both a DM and a player and as a player I'll happily look for any loophole or advantage I can find! It's all just part of advocating for my character, which after all is my main role - right?</p><p></p><p>That's more than a bit harsh, I think.</p><p></p><p>Some people - of whom I'd doubtless be one if I wasn't also a DM - actively don't want to see what's "under the hood" as it ruins their enjoyment of the game.</p><p></p><p>Same thing with me and cars. I don't want to know what's under the hood or how any of it works, I just want the damn thing to start when I turn the key and take me where I want to go. By your definitions that makes me a problem driver because I neither build nor fix cars, I only drive them.</p><p></p><p>My current players are four long-time veterans. One is the guy who largely taught me how to DM (and is still DMing today); two are almost-pure players who between them have DMed a total of maybe 11 sessions in their very long gaming careers; and the fourth is a 25-year player who has never DMed and has - as far as I know* - absolutely no interest in doing so.</p><p></p><p>* - and were there any interest I rather think I'd be the first to hear about it, as this player is also my wife. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7929396, member: 29398"] In terms of both time and effort, considerably less than 99%. I have 4 players in my game plus me; we play for more or less 4 hours each week, that's 20 total hours. I might spend maybe on average* 4 hours a week between sessions working on game-related stuff (the only thing I guaranteed do every week is the game log, which often doesn't take long). So, we're on 24 total hours of which I spend roughly 8 - that's 33%. * - widely variable; often less than 1 but occasionally a lot which brings the average up. I'll grant the ratio of actual effort expended is higher, maybe more like 50%. Still a far cry from 99. First off, I'm both a DM and a player and as a player I'll happily look for any loophole or advantage I can find! It's all just part of advocating for my character, which after all is my main role - right? That's more than a bit harsh, I think. Some people - of whom I'd doubtless be one if I wasn't also a DM - actively don't want to see what's "under the hood" as it ruins their enjoyment of the game. Same thing with me and cars. I don't want to know what's under the hood or how any of it works, I just want the damn thing to start when I turn the key and take me where I want to go. By your definitions that makes me a problem driver because I neither build nor fix cars, I only drive them. My current players are four long-time veterans. One is the guy who largely taught me how to DM (and is still DMing today); two are almost-pure players who between them have DMed a total of maybe 11 sessions in their very long gaming careers; and the fourth is a 25-year player who has never DMed and has - as far as I know* - absolutely no interest in doing so. * - and were there any interest I rather think I'd be the first to hear about it, as this player is also my wife. :) [/QUOTE]
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