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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9209871" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I have had few bad DMs myself. I usually take pains to filter out ones that give bad vibes, or that demonstrate decision-making I find suspect.But there are a lot of DMs that fall into one of those two categories, and I have personally helped rescue friends from DMs I've never met, but who did do some terrible things. Shown them that RPGs can be awesome and not terrible. At least two players of mine have learned that their past experiences were because of bad DMs (one who was new...the other wasn't, very unfortunately), and that they actually love tabletop gaming.The only way &quot;Bad DM -&gt; not a DM for long&quot; happens is when you're exclusively looking at either a friend group (who can thus use peer pressure or group rejection) or a small community where everyone knows everyone else. Anything else, there's not enough repeat interactions to develop social reputation. No social reputation, said bad DM can simply keep moving on to new pastures indefinitely. The neverending DM shortage ensures that anyone willing to offer will get plenty of interest, even if they're not being a DM in good faith.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9209871, member: 6790260"] I have had few bad DMs myself. I usually take pains to filter out ones that give bad vibes, or that demonstrate decision-making I find suspect. But there are a [I]lot[/I] of DMs that fall into one of those two categories, and I have personally helped rescue friends from DMs I've never met, but who did do some terrible things. Shown them that RPGs can be awesome and not terrible. At least two players of mine have learned that their past experiences were because of bad DMs (one who was new...the other wasn't, [I]very[/I] unfortunately), and that they actually love tabletop gaming. The only way "Bad DM -> not a DM for long" happens is when you're exclusively looking at either a friend group (who can thus use peer pressure or group rejection) or a small community where everyone knows everyone else. Anything else, there's not enough repeat interactions to develop social reputation. No social reputation, said bad DM can simply keep moving on to new pastures indefinitely. The neverending DM shortage ensures that anyone willing to offer will get [I]plenty[/I] of interest, even if they're not being a DM in good faith. [/QUOTE]

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