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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9388449" data-attributes="member: 4937">The had the GM for two sessions and the first session no one seemed to have fun but I put that down to maybe just this particularly story being a dud.  I probably should have looked for an open table for the second session, but didn't have time for that because of some other commitments.  And the second session was slightly better done although really redundant if you'd seen the style before and led to the above rant.  But the thing is, half of the people at that second session were actually fans, two of which had sought out this experience again after having the GM in prior years, and those people really honestly had a good time as far as I can tell.Which, again, art is really subjective.  There is scarcely a movie so bad that it isn't someone's favorite movie, and it's always interesting to learn why the person likes what you consider trash.  In this case, as I said, the GM does have some positive qualities and so I'm not flabbergasted that anyone enjoys the GM's game.  Which probably should more inform some of the discussions we have on EnWorld about how to GM properly.  Advice has to be matched to the actual aesthetics of the group.  In my opinion, this table was governed largely by "Sensation" as an aesthetic.  The people that enjoyed the table were the people who could enjoy the GM going off on a ten-minute well-rehearsed monologue.  They also had lots of props and pictures to go along with their narration.  This was sort of the Disney Jungle Cruise of RPG sessions.  Me, I get bored watching Matt Mercer run a session.</blockquote>

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