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<blockquote data-quote="CTD" data-source="post: 460230" data-attributes="member: 7402">This gentleman has already stated that he will only play D&amp;D and intends to leave the group when you and the other two friends switch to the next game (which is not D&amp;D). If this has not changed, there is no question of &quot;if?&quot; about him not participating in the future. It's a &quot;when?&quot;. He is going to leave, according to his stated intent, when you stop running your game and the next one begins.How much of an impact is there if he leaves before the D&amp;D game ends? Remember, this is a question of &quot;when?&quot; not &quot;if?&quot;.When he does leave your friendship will be tested and you will discover the truth of him being a friend or a D&amp;D buddy. It's OK to have people who are just D&amp;D buddies btw, so don't feel bad if it ends up being just that. From the sounds of things he is creating more problems than he solves, which is a strong case for moving up the &quot;when?&quot; date to ASAP. That's my suggestion.As a bonus, here's a lesson I learned over a decade ago:The ratio between good DM's to players is way out of balance. Good DM's are few and far between. As such, I take great liberties to ensure that I am running a game that I enjoy. Before I factor in the enjoyment of my players, I make sure I'd have a good time running it, because if I don't, it'll suck. This gentleman is attempting to coerce you into running a game that you can't enjoy. He is unaware of the ratio. Run the game you enjoy. He can be replaced. You can't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CTD, post: 460230, member: 7402"] This gentleman has already stated that he will only play D&D and intends to leave the group when you and the other two friends switch to the next game (which is not D&D). If this has not changed, there is no question of "if?" about him not participating in the future. It's a "when?". He is going to leave, according to his stated intent, when you stop running your game and the next one begins. How much of an impact is there if he leaves before the D&D game ends? Remember, this is a question of "when?" not "if?". When he does leave your friendship will be tested and you will discover the truth of him being a friend or a D&D buddy. It's OK to have people who are just D&D buddies btw, so don't feel bad if it ends up being just that. From the sounds of things he is creating more problems than he solves, which is a strong case for moving up the "when?" date to ASAP. That's my suggestion. As a bonus, here's a lesson I learned over a decade ago: The ratio between good DM's to players is way out of balance. Good DM's are few and far between. As such, I take great liberties to ensure that I am running a game that I enjoy. Before I factor in the enjoyment of my players, I make sure I'd have a good time running it, because if I don't, it'll suck. This gentleman is attempting to coerce you into running a game that you can't enjoy. He is unaware of the ratio. Run the game you enjoy. He can be replaced. You can't. [/QUOTE]

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