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<blockquote data-quote="damiller" data-source="post: 8447571" data-attributes="member: 10995">I have run games exclusively online for 10 years. Wow. I can't believe it. But it has been the richest and most consistent its ever been. From a pool of players that want to play in games I want to run (or how I want to run them) I found it very rewarding. While I have not developed any friendships (except for 1 player whose played with me for 8 of those 10) but I don't think that is why I ever wanted to be in the hobby anyway. I grew up having to play with anyone who would play, I was in a small town in the 80s and liked RPGs, Comics, and the like and had few friends. For me gaming has never been about hanging out with friends, its been about gaming. For me that is the focus. Plus I've found that I can focus more on the game. We have had some incredible experiences. I think that is a function of finding players who match more closely with what I want run (not just mechanically but thematically). For me I've discovered that shorter sessions are actually better. For a long time I ran 3 hour game sessions. I then dropped it to 2 and I was amazed at how much more focused we were as a group. We got more game in the game. But again, we were gaming, not hanging out. I think hanging out is very hard to do with a group online. But again, that is not why I game. I don't game to hang out with friends. I never have had that luxury, and it isn't why I game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="damiller, post: 8447571, member: 10995"] I have run games exclusively online for 10 years. Wow. I can't believe it. But it has been the richest and most consistent its ever been. From a pool of players that want to play in games I want to run (or how I want to run them) I found it very rewarding. While I have not developed any friendships (except for 1 player whose played with me for 8 of those 10) but I don't think that is why I ever wanted to be in the hobby anyway. I grew up having to play with anyone who would play, I was in a small town in the 80s and liked RPGs, Comics, and the like and had few friends. For me gaming has never been about hanging out with friends, its been about gaming. For me that is the focus. Plus I've found that I can focus more on the game. We have had some incredible experiences. I think that is a function of finding players who match more closely with what I want run (not just mechanically but thematically). For me I've discovered that shorter sessions are actually better. For a long time I ran 3 hour game sessions. I then dropped it to 2 and I was amazed at how much more focused we were as a group. We got more game in the game. But again, we were gaming, not hanging out. I think hanging out is very hard to do with a group online. But again, that is not why I game. I don't game to hang out with friends. I never have had that luxury, and it isn't why I game. [/QUOTE]

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