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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2145457" data-attributes="member: 99">This guy sounds like a friend of mine who was a &quot;casual gamer&quot;.&nbsp; The reason he was part of the game was because he was our friend and enjoyed spending time with us.&nbsp; He never put as much thought or work into his characters as others did and for years this bugged the hell out of me and the other primary GM in the group.&nbsp; The other GM and I often had long conversations about how to try and get him more involved in playing the game, put him more in the spotlight and encourage more character development.I finally confronted our friend directly about it one time and he got MAD.&nbsp; He explained that he was having a fine time and that if we would stop trying to push our own views about what was best in gaming on him, he'd be having a great time.&nbsp; He did not want to be in the spotlight much, he did not want the plot arcs to revolve around him and he did not want to have to develop a complex and ever-changing personality for his PC's.&nbsp; He just wanted to show up, hang out with us and play the game.After that was understood, his enjoyment of the game went way up and our frustration level with his engagement in it went way down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 2145457, member: 99"] This guy sounds like a friend of mine who was a "casual gamer". The reason he was part of the game was because he was our friend and enjoyed spending time with us. He never put as much thought or work into his characters as others did and for years this bugged the hell out of me and the other primary GM in the group. The other GM and I often had long conversations about how to try and get him more involved in playing the game, put him more in the spotlight and encourage more character development. I finally confronted our friend directly about it one time and he got MAD. He explained that he was having a fine time and that if we would stop trying to push our own views about what was best in gaming on him, he'd be having a great time. He did not want to be in the spotlight much, he did not want the plot arcs to revolve around him and he did not want to have to develop a complex and ever-changing personality for his PC's. He just wanted to show up, hang out with us and play the game. After that was understood, his enjoyment of the game went way up and our frustration level with his engagement in it went way down. [/QUOTE]

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