RedTonic
First Post
I agree that reflection (by which I don't mean navel-gazing) is an important part of improvement. I would be surprised if anyone here who has GMed thinks they're extracting the maximum possible fun juice from gaming, period, or there wouldn't be so much energy devoted to playing with new rulesets, tinkering with old ones, RBDM roundtables, discussion about campaign and adventure structure, etc.
I personally learn best by the "see an example, do it yourself, teach it to someone else" method, and I view most endeavors as ongoing education. I think that's probably the natural result of being a student for almost my entire life by this point.
I appreciate players who have patience with me and are willing to discuss decisions with me outside of the actual session (I really don't like having my "flow" disrupted with lengthy rules discussions). I really like it when my players will offer me plot hooks, tell me what they're enjoying, tell me what they could live without, and what they think could be better (and how). I find that getting that type of feedback is pretty difficult, but I don't know if that's an overall issue for DMs or if it's just specific to me/my group.
I also have a lot of respect for DMs who accept and solicit this type of interaction from players. I've seen some truly cool things come of it.
I personally learn best by the "see an example, do it yourself, teach it to someone else" method, and I view most endeavors as ongoing education. I think that's probably the natural result of being a student for almost my entire life by this point.
I appreciate players who have patience with me and are willing to discuss decisions with me outside of the actual session (I really don't like having my "flow" disrupted with lengthy rules discussions). I really like it when my players will offer me plot hooks, tell me what they're enjoying, tell me what they could live without, and what they think could be better (and how). I find that getting that type of feedback is pretty difficult, but I don't know if that's an overall issue for DMs or if it's just specific to me/my group.
I also have a lot of respect for DMs who accept and solicit this type of interaction from players. I've seen some truly cool things come of it.