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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7155541" data-attributes="member: 6788862">It's not about taking it personally - I'd think just as badly of the offending player if I was not the DM.  Gaming is a social activity, by getting up and leaving the player is indicating that they have something better to do.Is this a cultural thing?  Does it depend on how often you get to see the people in question, and whether they are people you would normally hang out with outside of gaming, or just people you meet up with to play games?  I often met up with a group of friends when I was a teenager to play boardgames, frequently Diplomacy... nobody ever left until the game was completed and a winner had been decided - the game might last 6+ hours and it was common for players to be eliminated in the first couple of hours.  We'd also play one shots of Paranoia (carnage!), or big Car Wars battles (more carnage!) - again everyone would stay to the end.For me it's a general issue of respect, and the message that would be sent to the other people around the table.  But yes, it is especially disrespectful to the DM.</blockquote>