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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 8636070" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>It's the same sort usage as in any creative field -- except you can't get a liberal arts degree in DMing ... yet. And I think most game design degrees focus on digital games since that's where the paycheck is - if you can get it. </p><p></p><p>A writer, actor, painter are all amateurs until they try to create/participate in a project they hope sells. Then they are professional by dent of their attitude or actual sale. And, yes of course, you can get professionals who acts like amateurs and hopefuls who are not ready for their prime time yet.</p><p></p><p>But even in the heyday of journalist, actors, and writers getting a B.A. a talented person could still have the goods (and to be more honest, the discipline vs the passion) and break in without a college degree to be a "professional."</p><p></p><p>So if someone thinks there is a exam or board license one should have to claim pro DMing like a doctor or a lawyer, that's not even a thing for the creative fields. </p><p></p><p>On that note, make one's self aware of what I call the "Stephen King" effect. Just because you have never heard of a creative (a writer or painter, etc.) don't assume it's only a hobby and they are destitute (though they probably do have day job.) i.e., if you are not Stephen King, you are nobody.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 8636070, member: 15582"] It's the same sort usage as in any creative field -- except you can't get a liberal arts degree in DMing ... yet. And I think most game design degrees focus on digital games since that's where the paycheck is - if you can get it. A writer, actor, painter are all amateurs until they try to create/participate in a project they hope sells. Then they are professional by dent of their attitude or actual sale. And, yes of course, you can get professionals who acts like amateurs and hopefuls who are not ready for their prime time yet. But even in the heyday of journalist, actors, and writers getting a B.A. a talented person could still have the goods (and to be more honest, the discipline vs the passion) and break in without a college degree to be a "professional." So if someone thinks there is a exam or board license one should have to claim pro DMing like a doctor or a lawyer, that's not even a thing for the creative fields. On that note, make one's self aware of what I call the "Stephen King" effect. Just because you have never heard of a creative (a writer or painter, etc.) don't assume it's only a hobby and they are destitute (though they probably do have day job.) i.e., if you are not Stephen King, you are nobody. [/QUOTE]
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