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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Craddock" data-source="post: 7760019" data-attributes="member: 6883885"><p>I work as the Games Manager at a Comic and Game store. I'm the guy who runs after hours events. I'm always looking for GMs. I had a guy who took over DMing for a D&D 5E game. He was doing great and the players loved him. However, due to a divorce and a new job he started no-showing with little to no head's up. I took him aside after the third time and explained that I knew he was going through a lot, but the player's were getting upset. We talked and I said look, I'll Co-DM with you. When you are here, I'll just be at the table to help and if you can't make it I can take over for the evening. He was upset and said he would never do that. I asked the group what they wanted to do and since they had been playing together for two years before this guy, they wanted that solution. Unfortunately, he quit.</p><p></p><p>I step in and things are going well. About six months later, he comes in and I ask him if he wants to join the game? However, when I go to the bathroom he asks the group to dump me as the DM and start playing at his house. When I come out he's gone and everyone looks uncomfortable.</p><p></p><p>They explain what happened. I calmly explain that whatever they prefer will work for me, I'm just here to help my customer and there would be no hard feelings if they wanted him back as their DM.</p><p></p><p>That was three years ago and the group is still going strong playing at my store.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Craddock, post: 7760019, member: 6883885"] I work as the Games Manager at a Comic and Game store. I'm the guy who runs after hours events. I'm always looking for GMs. I had a guy who took over DMing for a D&D 5E game. He was doing great and the players loved him. However, due to a divorce and a new job he started no-showing with little to no head's up. I took him aside after the third time and explained that I knew he was going through a lot, but the player's were getting upset. We talked and I said look, I'll Co-DM with you. When you are here, I'll just be at the table to help and if you can't make it I can take over for the evening. He was upset and said he would never do that. I asked the group what they wanted to do and since they had been playing together for two years before this guy, they wanted that solution. Unfortunately, he quit. I step in and things are going well. About six months later, he comes in and I ask him if he wants to join the game? However, when I go to the bathroom he asks the group to dump me as the DM and start playing at his house. When I come out he's gone and everyone looks uncomfortable. They explain what happened. I calmly explain that whatever they prefer will work for me, I'm just here to help my customer and there would be no hard feelings if they wanted him back as their DM. That was three years ago and the group is still going strong playing at my store. [/QUOTE]
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