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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6308932" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>I'm pretty sure most actors got into it for fun, and keep doing it because they enjoy it. Only for a small number of people is it ever going to be a lucrative career option.</p><p></p><p>Plays have understudies. Sports teams have bench players. This stuff happens.</p><p></p><p>You can, however, justify it if the game itself is sufficiently entertaining that just watching it is enjoyable. Some people podcast their gaming sessions. I've had novices who are perfectly happy to just sit and watch while they're getting into the hobby.</p><p></p><p>And moreover, I was thinking of it because I did this with an advanced player recently and felt terrible about it, and he was very complementary about the game sessions I made him sit and watch.</p><p></p><p>If people are turning off, I don't think it's likely the rules that are causing that.</p><p></p><p>Well, yes, there is a certain social contract, and honesty matters.</p><p></p><p>Why I brought it up in this thread is I see the culture (and the advice in books perhaps to an extent) shifting towards more and more entitlements, more and more things that players feel they should expect just by virtue of showing up. I'm suggesting a shift incrementally towards less of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6308932, member: 17106"] I'm pretty sure most actors got into it for fun, and keep doing it because they enjoy it. Only for a small number of people is it ever going to be a lucrative career option. Plays have understudies. Sports teams have bench players. This stuff happens. You can, however, justify it if the game itself is sufficiently entertaining that just watching it is enjoyable. Some people podcast their gaming sessions. I've had novices who are perfectly happy to just sit and watch while they're getting into the hobby. And moreover, I was thinking of it because I did this with an advanced player recently and felt terrible about it, and he was very complementary about the game sessions I made him sit and watch. If people are turning off, I don't think it's likely the rules that are causing that. Well, yes, there is a certain social contract, and honesty matters. Why I brought it up in this thread is I see the culture (and the advice in books perhaps to an extent) shifting towards more and more entitlements, more and more things that players feel they should expect just by virtue of showing up. I'm suggesting a shift incrementally towards less of that. [/QUOTE]
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