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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1611174" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>I have trouble staying out of stay-out threads (being the player StalkingBlue mentioned) although I mostly managed to stay out of Randomling's threads - at any rate I didn't stay long enough to see any spoilers. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ><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><p>I think the suggestion to post under a different screen name is a very good one, that way the players don't know it's their campaign being discussed. Personally I've never felt the need to discuss confidential campaign stuff online & hide it from players - I'm more the opposite, when I've had a few beers or whiskies I tend to happily discuss my campaign secrets with my players! <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=":)" /> I'm not sure what kind of special thing GMs feel the need to discuss secretly, from what I've seen "Players Stay Out" threads tend to contain the same general sorts of discussion as any other GM advice thread. I suppose specific surprise plot twists, if you think in terms of plots, and NPC/monster stats if you're planning a particular surprise attack or similar and need help designing it. Campaign building in the sense of "elves live here, and dwarves live over there" surely doesn't need to be hidden from players? I have enough trouble helping players to grasp my campaign world without deliberately keeping them in the dark about background stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1611174, member: 463"] I have trouble staying out of stay-out threads (being the player StalkingBlue mentioned) although I mostly managed to stay out of Randomling's threads - at any rate I didn't stay long enough to see any spoilers. :p >:) I think the suggestion to post under a different screen name is a very good one, that way the players don't know it's their campaign being discussed. Personally I've never felt the need to discuss confidential campaign stuff online & hide it from players - I'm more the opposite, when I've had a few beers or whiskies I tend to happily discuss my campaign secrets with my players! :) I'm not sure what kind of special thing GMs feel the need to discuss secretly, from what I've seen "Players Stay Out" threads tend to contain the same general sorts of discussion as any other GM advice thread. I suppose specific surprise plot twists, if you think in terms of plots, and NPC/monster stats if you're planning a particular surprise attack or similar and need help designing it. Campaign building in the sense of "elves live here, and dwarves live over there" surely doesn't need to be hidden from players? I have enough trouble helping players to grasp my campaign world without deliberately keeping them in the dark about background stuff. [/QUOTE]
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