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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8131014" data-attributes="member: 59816">I understand it from a research perspective, but most people are there for the entertainment. I love playing D&amp;D more than doing just about anything else (within reason, I hope obviously) but I get very bored watching other people play (or hearing about their games or their characters). If I'm not involved, I just can't bring myself to care. (Which is not an attitude I have when it comes to most other things.)I feel you. I sometimes lament that I was a better DM thirty years ago than I am now (and I run multiple games a week and have done for decades). I just can't remember all my plot details or what I had planned, even if I work on it night-before. I'm still terrible at taking notes, because I used to be able to wing it to near-perfection. Worst is, my players always want to know the names of even minor NPCs, guards, shopkeepers, barmaids, etc, and I am great at coming up with names on the spot. Unfortunately, if my players don't write it down... no one will remember by next session. I've got to learn to jot them down, but I don't even usually keep a pencil or paper at my end of the table when I'm DMing (I can still track monster HP in my head, thankfully).Maybe I should try that one out myself. I sure do like the idea of watching a well-edited game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 8131014, member: 59816"] I understand it from a [I]research[/I] perspective, but most people are there for the [I]entertainment[/I]. I love playing D&D more than doing just about anything else (within reason, I hope obviously) but I get very bored watching other people play (or hearing about their games or their characters). If I'm not involved, I just can't bring myself to care. (Which is not an attitude I have when it comes to most other things.) I feel you. I sometimes lament that I was a better DM thirty years ago than I am now (and I run multiple games a week and have done for decades). I just can't remember all my plot details or what I had planned, even if I work on it night-before. I'm still terrible at taking notes, because I [I]used[/I] to be able to wing it to near-perfection. Worst is, my players always want to know the names of even minor NPCs, guards, shopkeepers, barmaids, etc, and I am great at coming up with names on the spot. Unfortunately, if my players don't write it down... no one will remember by next session. I've [I]got[/I] to learn to jot them down, but I don't even usually keep a pencil or paper at my end of the table when I'm DMing (I can still track monster HP in my head, thankfully). Maybe I should try that one out myself. I sure do like the [I]idea[/I] of watching a well-edited game. [/QUOTE]

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