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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ssyleia" data-source="post: 1475077" data-attributes="member: 17463">I have an ongoing D&D group since 1986... or was it 85? 87? Well - the year doesn't really matter because my point is that it has been going on for a long time, meanwhile the better part of my life...Out of my original gaming group only 1 player remains. I should add the point that this particular player had taken an out-time of 10 years - so he was not with "us" all the time...Now, I was lucky enough, that I usually have more players available who are interested in joining a group than players who want to quit. But since this threat is about quitting I want to put up the reasons here why "my players" have quit to add to the discussionReason Number 1: New Girlfriend. She doesn't game and she has absolutely no understanding that her boyfriend spends so much time on this...Reason Number 2: Kids. Many people can barely handle their daytime job when they have a newborn - To them, gaming becomes a chore rather than a hobby...Reason Number 3: Relocation. As today's job market is tight (especially in Germany) a new job sometimes means relocation. Usually the person in question takes upon him some amount of driving to attend gaming sessions - combinded with meeting old friends, etc, but after half a year it always becomes too much of a chore to enjoy...Reason Number 4: Dissention. For whatever reason, always unrelated to gaming, one player starts to hate another player. Either one or the other quits...Reason Number 5: Drugs. I cannot sit still and watch when a person throws his life away by using drugs. Usually this means that the person in question no longer enjoys my company...Reason Number 6: Seen it all, done it all. About a third of all players quits gaming alltogether after 1-2 years...Reason Number 7: My own campaign. Some players quit so they can DM a campaign of their own. Sometimes they return after a brief absence...So, that's my impression on why people leave a RPG round / a round collapses</blockquote>

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