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<blockquote data-quote="Kugar" data-source="post: 1051402" data-attributes="member: 442">Lurch,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I feel sorry that you had a bad DM at the Open.&nbsp; In the 2001 tournament I also has our share of bad DMs, which we chalked up to 3E still being new.&nbsp; After that I decided to judge the open the next year to tip the sucky/non-sucky ratio .&nbsp; The next year was the first major con DMing I did, and my first round was not pretty.&nbsp; I got hammered in the scoring, but by the end I was feeling comfy and doing better.&nbsp; This year I had a blast and judged all 8 slots the open ran.&nbsp; In the finals we put 2 Judges on a table, and I was the &quot;shotgun&quot; (rule judge).&nbsp; I was shocked at the lead DMs mannerisms, and probably wouldn't have liked the way the game went as a player.&nbsp; The players loved him. (shrug) I don't know, I assume that a lot of this head-butting may not be caused by bad DMs, just a conflict of style.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I encourage everyone who has a bad table experience to at least volunteer to run one game and take a look at if from the other end.&nbsp; I know it really helped my DMing, plus you meet a lot of great gamers.Kugar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kugar, post: 1051402, member: 442"] Lurch, I feel sorry that you had a bad DM at the Open. In the 2001 tournament I also has our share of bad DMs, which we chalked up to 3E still being new. After that I decided to judge the open the next year to tip the sucky/non-sucky ratio . The next year was the first major con DMing I did, and my first round was not pretty. I got hammered in the scoring, but by the end I was feeling comfy and doing better. This year I had a blast and judged all 8 slots the open ran. In the finals we put 2 Judges on a table, and I was the "shotgun" (rule judge). I was shocked at the lead DMs mannerisms, and probably wouldn't have liked the way the game went as a player. The players loved him. (shrug) I don't know, I assume that a lot of this head-butting may not be caused by bad DMs, just a conflict of style. I encourage everyone who has a bad table experience to at least volunteer to run one game and take a look at if from the other end. I know it really helped my DMing, plus you meet a lot of great gamers. Kugar [/QUOTE]

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