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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jim pinto" data-source="post: 4712473" data-attributes="member: 17619">Thanks for the response Firelance. If even 1% of this…… is true, then I can only assume you and I come from very very very different schools of thought about gaming. I can't imagine we game the same way or for that matter, play the same games. If my assumption is false, I apologize, but I recognize there are styles of play that I just do not encounter anymore in my travels.We're unlikely to agree on this point of GM-less games because,a. I don't game like youb. You are comfortable doing what you do and don't want to changec. There's a misunderstanding (because I'm not explaining myself well) that I think you're doing it wrongThat's not an attack. That's a statement of fact. D&D isn't my game of choice anymore, so my opinion here is even less valid than it used to be.Taking the workload off the GM is only a portion of my point. The mentality that "I didn't enjoy this game because of the GM" is so rampant in this hobby (and such a fallacy among gamers) to even bring it up as ludicrous causes people's heads to spin. If the GM was bad, what did you do as a player to fix it? Can you even imagine playing D&D without a GM? Can you imagine a game world without XP or treasure? Do players really sit down for Diablo because it captures High Fantasy Heroism or because the monsters puke out treasure?I'm well-aware that 99% of gamers do not agree with me on this point of a GM free of the burden of being the entertainer. But I won't stop me from believing that enough symptoms of gaming exist because of the main fallacy/diseases that plague D&D:1. GM is here to entertain2. XP is the only way for me to develop my character3. US vs. Them (the GM is also the enemy)    which leads to a subset disease, the GM stops me from winning4. Cooperation vs. Competition (when did teamwork disappear)5. Class/Skill systems are superior to Class/Skill systemsThis tangent has gone on long enough for me to say, I should either drop it or bring it to a new thread. I don't read enworld all that much, and I'm not sure if this topic has ever come up before. But, if you want to make D&D more accessible and more viable as a product in the 21st century… find a way to make it zero-prep and GM-friendly and more people will be playing it. It's competing against the greatest zero-prep game of all time, WoW. And while that phrase may spark a riot, I'm trying to make a point, not inflame people that are already upset.Sorry for the tangent.</blockquote>

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