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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karma Kollapse" data-source="post: 7287760" data-attributes="member: 6693505">Hi all,Just looking for some feedback here from other GMs. I run two groups - a Pathfinder group (running the Zeitgeist campaign) and a Starfinder group, playing alternate weeks. The Pathfinder group has been running for about a year, the Starfinder group is just starting. The Pathfinder group has mostly run smoothly, though half of the original group were rather flakey (showing up maybe 2 times out of 3) and all eventually left, leaving only two original players. The group now has four solid players, and one player who has recently joined us (with a sixth away on caring leave, possibly permanently <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> ). The Starfinder group has six players, and tonight is the first proper session (having done character creation two weeks ago).This morning I got messages from two players, one in each group:The starfinder player told me that he couldn't attend tonight as he had work and he didn't realise it was so soon. This is despite posting that this would be the start date for the adventure over a month ago. They also didn't make it to the character creation last time as well and had to create a character separately.The new pathfinder player missed the last session due to a gig (which would have been their first proper session after a 'trial game'), and messaged me to say they couldn't make next week's session due to another gig. Said player has still yet to make a character.I got both of these messages before even getting to work this morning, making me feel somewhat deflated and frustrated. I appreciate both situations - we all have jobs and one-in-a-lifetime type arrangements, and both players have said they are commited to playing in the group... but both players are now missing two meetups in a row after only just joining.So my question is, how would you handle the situation? Do you feel confident things would change if the players stated a commitment? Do you think it is fair on other players, or other people who might want to join the group?Would like to know how other GMs handle this kind of thing.- Karma.</blockquote>

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