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<blockquote data-quote="Istbor" data-source="post: 7984169" data-attributes="member: 6801670">Watching CR is on my long list of, &quot;Oooo I have to start doing that, maybe tomorrow&quot; list. Even still, from what I have seen of his sessions and DMing, I like. He is good.&nbsp; I take that as motivation to better myself. Not to become Matt. Not to find players who are expert voice actors. Not to create a successful stream, or to make money. Just to be better at DMing. To get to that level of smooth. That level of inclusiveness. That tier of world building. I see him not as a goal per say, but a lighthouse. What could be. And perhaps (depending on your particular group of players) a direction to chart towards. Also no. I haven't encountered this Matt Mercer effect. I had several new players to the game when I started this campaign 2 years ago. I know that they watched his show. I know that they enjoyed it a lot. I am already pretty inclusive and like to collaborate with my players on their ideas. I already had a firm grasp on the tone of this campaign. All I really had to say to them was simple. &quot;I am not Matt. I do voices sometimes, but there will be days I don't. I don't expect any of you to develop one for your character, but I do encourage it. I am here to run this game so that you have fun, and so that I can also. If what you experience isn't, we can talk about what can change that around.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Istbor, post: 7984169, member: 6801670"] Watching CR is on my long list of, "Oooo I have to start doing that, maybe tomorrow" list. Even still, from what I have seen of his sessions and DMing, I like. He is good. I take that as motivation to better myself. Not to become Matt. Not to find players who are expert voice actors. Not to create a successful stream, or to make money. Just to be better at DMing. To get to that level of smooth. That level of inclusiveness. That tier of world building. I see him not as a goal per say, but a lighthouse. What could be. And perhaps (depending on your particular group of players) a direction to chart towards. Also no. I haven't encountered this Matt Mercer effect. I had several new players to the game when I started this campaign 2 years ago. I know that they watched his show. I know that they enjoyed it a lot. I am already pretty inclusive and like to collaborate with my players on their ideas. I already had a firm grasp on the tone of this campaign. All I really had to say to them was simple. "I am not Matt. I do voices sometimes, but there will be days I don't. I don't expect any of you to develop one for your character, but I do encourage it. I am here to run this game so that you have fun, and so that I can also. If what you experience isn't, we can talk about what can change that around." [/QUOTE]

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