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<blockquote data-quote="Question" data-source="post: 2833312" data-attributes="member: 40104">An important factor is watching for people who dissapear and reacting accordingly. Way, WAY too many DMs dont know how or dont want to do anything about it.E.G. Bob hasnt posted in a few days. DM doesnt do anything. Game stalls. People get bored and leave.My advice is to contact the player after, say, 48 hours of inactivity. Dont be afraid to NPC chars in the meantime....by &quot;NPC&quot; i dont mean &quot;Charge the iron golem as a wizard&quot; or &quot;Bob's character stands around and does nothing&quot;. Replace PCs who dont show after a week.Oh and knowing how to keep the game flowing is another big thing. Too many DMs let the game get stalled on small stuff, like PCs trying to clarify something or chit chat. I had a game stall for a week+ because some of the PCs wanted to chat about food with the quest NPC, instead of, you know, playing the game with everyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Question, post: 2833312, member: 40104"] An important factor is watching for people who dissapear and reacting accordingly. Way, WAY too many DMs dont know how or dont want to do anything about it. E.G. Bob hasnt posted in a few days. DM doesnt do anything. Game stalls. People get bored and leave. My advice is to contact the player after, say, 48 hours of inactivity. Dont be afraid to NPC chars in the meantime....by "NPC" i dont mean "Charge the iron golem as a wizard" or "Bob's character stands around and does nothing". Replace PCs who dont show after a week. Oh and knowing how to keep the game flowing is another big thing. Too many DMs let the game get stalled on small stuff, like PCs trying to clarify something or chit chat. I had a game stall for a week+ because some of the PCs wanted to chat about food with the quest NPC, instead of, you know, [i]playing the game with everyone else[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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