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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kormydigar" data-source="post: 1476742" data-attributes="member: 17113">[/QUOTE=Kamikaze Midget]Just as players won't be welcomed to my game if they cry and complain about their specific character and how you suck if you're not giving it to them, DM's won't be welcomed to my game if they are arbitrary, heavy-handed, and condescending, with more interest in their own story than in making the group have fun.I'm reasonably sure everyone can agree on that.</blockquote>I am inclined to disagree. If you are not the the one running the game then what makes it yours? How does one suddenly include a DM to a game already in progress? Without a DM , you have no game to invite anyone to. When a DM prepares to run a campaign he invites players, not the other way around. A group of players shopping around for a DM who will run exactly the game they want is effectively browsing for the right Server on the net as I have mentioned on another post. This is the subject I find to be at the heart of the matter. By equating D&D with Monopoly you are admitting that you think D&D is competitive. Monopoly has a winner and loser. You do not WIN a game of D&D per se. I would agree to your theory most readily if we were talking about a wargame here. It is important in a competitive environment for all parties involved to agree on which rules are used and which are not. This is not so in a roleplaying game. If a fun time is achieved then everyone wins, if not everyone loses.[/QUOTE]

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