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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Socrates" data-source="post: 2612227" data-attributes="member: 10714">Things come up. It's not as easy as going, "Okay, 7:00-7:20 is character gaming time." These things happen. I'm guilty of it, and I think part of it is GM vs. player thinking.I run two games a week. I write the sessions during lunch breaks (like this one!) at work. I work on stats and music for the sessions after work. On Mondays before Monday Night Football, I will throw myself whole-hog into it to get it all done. It's a huge amount of work, but very rarely do I need an extra week to get ready. I took four weeks off from the games a few months back, to make some system changes and also to get my brain back with the rest of my body. One of my players ran a game in that timeframe, and I needed to make a character. It took me until gaming day to do it. I just couldn't or wouldn't focus on it. I love gaming. Gaming is a big part of my life. It's why I'm back gaming and hanging with two friends from high school, my old gaming group. Nothing against the stand-in DM, he's a great friend and runs great games, but it just wasn't as much of a priority for me as my game was. I think a lot of players are like that. I have one player, out of four, that has written journal entries and action recaps. Another hasn't done anything extra since character creation, but does keep his sheet current. Another player does some extra stuff, but doesn't keep very good track of inventory and stats yet (her first game, so it's more than understood, plus she's huge into the story). Another one doesn't do anything extra at all, and character background's all verbal (where everyone else wrote something). Four completely different types.You're always prepared and do all that work with kids and limited free time. That's great. I'm being serious -- that's fantastic, and a hallmark of a good GM. Not everyone else does that.  As a player? I'm much more interested in playing, than doing homework on a game. I'm 23! I don't do homework!As a GM? Glorious, glorious planning! Glee! Christmas came early!Completely different mindset.</blockquote>

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