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Why does the stigma of the "jerk GM" still persist in our hobby?
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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7567704"><p>The problem becomes that when given power, most people kinda suck at using it properly. It's the same reason we run into so many terrible managers in the workplace and so many corrupt politicians. They're people who have never had power and have no idea how to wield it, or they're people who come from power and have been raised around people who must obey them. Sure, some of them learn, some quickly, others slowly, some never at all. Most will at some point pick the "iron fist" approach to DMing. </p><p></p><p>Though I'd disagree that DMs aren't governed by market factors and architecture factors.</p><p>An architectural factor is "places to play". Bad DMs will often get removed from them for a market factor of they're just a stinky human being they're driving away business. Bad DMs will no longer be invited to homes that are not theirs.</p><p>A market factor besides the above is the availability of DMs. Heck, some people DM for money! But depending on where you live, it might be fairly easy to find a new DM, it might not.</p><p></p><p>End of the day, the flaw is that DMs are humans. I think if you stopped and looked around at other people in positions of authority, you'd see the outlook isn't much better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7567704"] The problem becomes that when given power, most people kinda suck at using it properly. It's the same reason we run into so many terrible managers in the workplace and so many corrupt politicians. They're people who have never had power and have no idea how to wield it, or they're people who come from power and have been raised around people who must obey them. Sure, some of them learn, some quickly, others slowly, some never at all. Most will at some point pick the "iron fist" approach to DMing. Though I'd disagree that DMs aren't governed by market factors and architecture factors. An architectural factor is "places to play". Bad DMs will often get removed from them for a market factor of they're just a stinky human being they're driving away business. Bad DMs will no longer be invited to homes that are not theirs. A market factor besides the above is the availability of DMs. Heck, some people DM for money! But depending on where you live, it might be fairly easy to find a new DM, it might not. End of the day, the flaw is that DMs are humans. I think if you stopped and looked around at other people in positions of authority, you'd see the outlook isn't much better. [/QUOTE]
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