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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6405676" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>pemerton my gaming group is made up as friends and just people I game with. That is just how it is. I have noticed pros and cons which each. With just gaming buddies it is easier to kick them out of a game if they are disruptive. You don't have the whole friendship thing influencing you sometimes it is easier to play with non friends because what happens at the table stays at the table. Of curse the downside is that they may be harder to talk to less likely to cut you slack.</p><p></p><p>Gaming with friends has its own issues like dealing with a player who is bringing issues into the game. Take K if we kicked him out it would hurt him deeply and it might really hurt our friendship so we have to proceed with caution. Sometimes you have to put up with a friends SO. Our friend girl friend plays now and then and it drives me nuts because in five years she has not bothered to learn the rules. I am grateful she does not play in every game. But when she does I bite the bullet and hide my irritation. </p><p></p><p> Hussar I know you think you know what is going on at our table but you really don't. Because you are completely wrong that the game would have still had the issues if K had not been told no. In the Pathfinder game he would not have let his home issues effect the game that much. Sure some might bleed through if we were having a rough time which happens in games once and awhile but once he gets that upset about something in a game that is as important as what class you are playing all the annoyances and issues in his life merge into one big pot and he can't tell the difference. </p><p></p><p>We had a catch 22 let K play what he wants opening up the whole anything goes in the game and causing the DM to be miserable or say no and then K is miserable. If this had been me DMing I would have bit the bullet and kept the game going until K got over his snit which in time he most likely would have. But I was not DMing the DM in this case was not able to do so she felt that she was not good enough to be a DM that it was not worth all the work if people were going to be so unhappy. She told me that in her eyes now DMing is a thankless experience and she would rather just play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 6405676, member: 9037"] pemerton my gaming group is made up as friends and just people I game with. That is just how it is. I have noticed pros and cons which each. With just gaming buddies it is easier to kick them out of a game if they are disruptive. You don't have the whole friendship thing influencing you sometimes it is easier to play with non friends because what happens at the table stays at the table. Of curse the downside is that they may be harder to talk to less likely to cut you slack. Gaming with friends has its own issues like dealing with a player who is bringing issues into the game. Take K if we kicked him out it would hurt him deeply and it might really hurt our friendship so we have to proceed with caution. Sometimes you have to put up with a friends SO. Our friend girl friend plays now and then and it drives me nuts because in five years she has not bothered to learn the rules. I am grateful she does not play in every game. But when she does I bite the bullet and hide my irritation. Hussar I know you think you know what is going on at our table but you really don't. Because you are completely wrong that the game would have still had the issues if K had not been told no. In the Pathfinder game he would not have let his home issues effect the game that much. Sure some might bleed through if we were having a rough time which happens in games once and awhile but once he gets that upset about something in a game that is as important as what class you are playing all the annoyances and issues in his life merge into one big pot and he can't tell the difference. We had a catch 22 let K play what he wants opening up the whole anything goes in the game and causing the DM to be miserable or say no and then K is miserable. If this had been me DMing I would have bit the bullet and kept the game going until K got over his snit which in time he most likely would have. But I was not DMing the DM in this case was not able to do so she felt that she was not good enough to be a DM that it was not worth all the work if people were going to be so unhappy. She told me that in her eyes now DMing is a thankless experience and she would rather just play. [/QUOTE]
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