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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7934665" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>Honestly, the OP was more about everyone needing to contribute, and about how one person's effort shouldn't really place them above the others in importance, I think. It's not declared outright, but the main thrust of the OP was more about the idea that the game is a group effort and everyone should contribute.</p><p></p><p>The OP acknowledges that the DM likely has to put in more effort....but the point seems to be that the additional effort should not afford the DM more "claim" on the game, nor should it free players from putting in some effort, too. </p><p></p><p>Honestly, the whole "DMing is hard" angle came up mostly because people ignored the context of the OP and instead focused solely on the title of the thread, and they offered their answer that yes, the DM is more important because they are fewer, and that's because DMing is hard. </p><p></p><p>But looking back at the OP now, these many pages later, and I'd say player input is actually a more important element of the OP than the difficulty of being a DM. Here's the OP below:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7934665, member: 6785785"] Honestly, the OP was more about everyone needing to contribute, and about how one person's effort shouldn't really place them above the others in importance, I think. It's not declared outright, but the main thrust of the OP was more about the idea that the game is a group effort and everyone should contribute. The OP acknowledges that the DM likely has to put in more effort....but the point seems to be that the additional effort should not afford the DM more "claim" on the game, nor should it free players from putting in some effort, too. Honestly, the whole "DMing is hard" angle came up mostly because people ignored the context of the OP and instead focused solely on the title of the thread, and they offered their answer that yes, the DM is more important because they are fewer, and that's because DMing is hard. But looking back at the OP now, these many pages later, and I'd say player input is actually a more important element of the OP than the difficulty of being a DM. Here's the OP below: [/QUOTE]
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