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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1484082" data-attributes="member: 99">Well then this is a simple supply and demand issue that really has nothing to do with the D&D community as a whole.  If, in your area, there are plenty of DM's that you can audition at will, then you have the luxury of shopping around and having them prove themselves.  Presumably with so few players and so many DM's looking to run games, they'll cater more to your personal style and desires because they want to attract and retain players.If, on the other hand, it is DM's that are in short supply, they have the option to be more choosy about the players they want to accept into their group.  If a player seems too choosy or demanding about the DM altering or justifying his setting then this DM and his existing group of players should have no compunctions about telling the prospective player to take a hike.  After all, there are plenty of applicants.Which brings me back to saying again that I think this "problem" is entirely situational, if not to a particular player or group then to a small "market area" where a DM is desperately in need of players and finds himself forced to meet their demands or risk losing them.  As it happens, I share the same general "market area" as Belen Umeria (I've even gotten to game with him at the last NC Game Day and probably will at future NCGD's too) but the group I'm in has been stable for the last several years.  We've really not added a player for at least 7-8 years.  So I can't say I've got my finger on the pulse of the DM/Player ratios around here.I'm curious, Belen Umeria, do you think our area is oversupplied with players or DM's?</blockquote>

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