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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1749009" data-attributes="member: 99">I think that if you're in the GMing business for the massive material rewards, you might want to consider another line of work.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> My experiences have been very different than what you describe.  Most of the "con" type GMing I've done and seen has been at the NC Game Days, populated primarily by ENWorlders.  Perhaps it's because we know each other online and will continue to be in contact through these boards, but every single player I've ever had at an NC Game Day has been appreciative and openly thankful for my efforts as a GM.  I try to be equally thankful in return.It is unquestionably a lot of work getting ready for such games.  One shot games can be labor intensive because they have no "foundation" that you can build upon like a regular campaign game session has.  And at least once in every period of adventure design I say, "Why did I agree to do this?!"  But I derive great pleasure in presenting the final product to the folks I see at the gaming event and letting them "unwrap the present" that I've packaged for them.  That is the point at which I answer the question above:"I do this because I love it!  So what if there's some work involved."If that isn't the answer you are getting for yourself, maybe you should take some time off from Con GMing and just enjoy playing for a change.  You should be enjoying the experience, not having to feel that it's a chore.Good luck.</blockquote>

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