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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarrenGMiller" data-source="post: 2045473" data-attributes="member: 23174">It is finished...Well, it finally happened.  I found out that I was losing two of my players due to the problems I have posted here.  So, I did the unthinkable and informed my group that the current gaming group as it stands is no longer viable for me.  Basically, though the advice I have given and received, I discovered that I was no longer getting what I wanted out of the game and neither was just about anybody else. I have decided that the single most important factor in starting a gaming group or adding members to an existing one is communicating what you as a DM are looking for in the game and letting prospective players know that you want players who are looking for the same thing(s) from the game.  If you don't want to play the same game, then don't try to play together. This may not be true to everybody, depending on their circumsances, but having gamed for about 23 years, I am way too set in my ways to change the basic style of game I enjoy (though it has developed over time, thank goodness).  I also enjoy running the game.  At this point in my life, this decision seems right for me.  I am choosing the game I want to play and trusting that there are players out there who want it too.  If not... I haven taken a hiatus before. I want to game as a stress reliever, not a stress inducer. DM</blockquote>