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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahrimon" data-source="post: 6900341" data-attributes="member: 12630">Let's remove religion so we can see this from another point of view.  The scenario is that the DM's campaign consists of several kingdoms and some of the characters were from some of those kingdoms.  Now in game, everything is good.  But out of game the players are constantly cracking jokes about or making fun of the kingdoms.Ultimately what we have, at least in my opinion, is that the players actions is taken as a sign of disrespect towards the world that the DM has created.  The DM would like the players to take his world a little more seriously and not be making jokes all of the time about it.  As DMs we put a good amount of work into creating a game that the players can enjoy, so when those players are constantly cracking jokes about what we are creating it can really sour our enjoyment.  As I read it, OP isn't upset about the occasional jest, but that the players really aren't taking it seriously.  If as a DM you did your best to draw a picture of some of the NPCs but then your players constantly made fun of the pictures wouldn't you start to feel frustrated about it?There is a good chance that this is a game style difference.  I think your players are looking for a more beer and pretzels style of game and don't want anything too serious.  They may not even realize that they're actions are frustrating you.You could ask the players what type of game they are looking for and if they're not looking for anything serious then you know that you can not worry about developing anything serious in the game.  Make it a light hearted game where these things don't matter.  If they're good with the serious game then ask them to dial back on the OOC jokes since you are starting to feel like they don't respect the world and the work that you've put into it.</blockquote>

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