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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4339873" data-attributes="member: 43283">Actually, no. It _hasn't_ fallen into disfavor with most GMs.The people like me that _aren't_ into worldbuilding are the ones that are in the minority.M John Harrison made a post to his blog (the blog is now gone) which created a huge storm when folks read it. Both writers (mostly amateur/wannabes) and GMs were almost universal in their condemnation of it. Search back through ENWorld, and you'll see all the people running around screaming about how worldbuilding is part of the reason why they GM, how dare he try and suggest that a &quot;major&quot; source of &quot;GM Fun&quot; is worthless, blah blah blah.Here's what people started screaming about:I'm actually one of the rare GMs that doesn't particularly care about worldbuilding and all that. I only want enough for the game to run on, and after that I don't care. If I need something, I'll make it. Chances are 90% of it isn't going to be seen by the players, and therefore I don't care. I get that I'm in the minority, and that's fine for me. If someone wants to spend hours every week, carefully crafting the world and all that hey more power to 'em.Me? I admit it. I agree with what M John Harrison said. I'm not going to drop into every thread there is and start talking about how folks are &quot;wasting their time&quot; with worldbuilding or whatever.Because at the end of the day, playing and running RPGs is about _fun_ and if folks find that sort of thing fun, they should keep on doing it.I'm not here to start a flamewar or whatever. Folks groove on it, and people having fun is what the hobby is all about.But don't think that worldbuilding is somehow &quot;out of favor&quot; with most GMs. It isn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 4339873, member: 43283"] Actually, no. It _hasn't_ fallen into disfavor with most GMs. The people like me that _aren't_ into worldbuilding are the ones that are in the minority. M John Harrison made a post to his blog (the blog is now gone) which created a huge storm when folks read it. Both writers (mostly amateur/wannabes) and GMs were almost universal in their condemnation of it. Search back through ENWorld, and you'll see all the people running around screaming about how worldbuilding is part of the reason why they GM, how dare he try and suggest that a "major" source of "GM Fun" is worthless, blah blah blah. Here's what people started screaming about: I'm actually one of the [i][b]rare[/b][/i] GMs that doesn't particularly care about worldbuilding and all that. I only want enough for the game to run on, and after that I don't care. If I need something, I'll make it. Chances are 90% of it isn't going to be seen by the players, and therefore I don't care. I get that I'm in the minority, and that's fine for me. If someone wants to spend hours every week, carefully crafting the world and all that hey more power to 'em. Me? I admit it. I agree with what M John Harrison said. I'm not going to drop into every thread there is and start talking about how folks are "wasting their time" with worldbuilding or whatever. Because at the end of the day, playing and running RPGs is about _fun_ and if folks find that sort of thing fun, they should keep on doing it. I'm not here to start a flamewar or whatever. Folks groove on it, and people having fun is what the hobby is all about. But don't think that worldbuilding is somehow "out of favor" with most GMs. It isn't. [/QUOTE]

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