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<blockquote data-quote="Juxtapozbliss" data-source="post: 9288950" data-attributes="member: 7042149">I have a home team of 5 of us. When we first started playing about 6 years ago, 4 of the 5 took turns DMing. Since then two of those 4 have trailed off DMing and not returned to it, so right now two of us take turns. The two that stopped...it's primarily the investment of time that it takes to be a good DM that has caused them to stop. They aren't really &quot;improvise&quot; type DMs, they ran modules. I run a homebrew world. I can tell you I put in a lot of time to build maps, expand lore, create encounters, homebrew magic items, create new NPCs, etc. I invest a lot of time and effort into it. For my guys, it's not intimidation of the Mercer effect nor really being vulnerable (but I can definitely see that perspective, that many potential new DMs might feel that)...it's the time required to invest in it to be good at it. Lazy DM or not, they work too much and just don't feel they can invest in it.To be clear, StartPlaying.Games is a site for PAID games. That's the whole purpose of it. To connect players who are looking for games with DMs/GMs across many different game systems. DMs set their rate which tends to average $20 per game. I also DM on the site and run a game on Sundays that has been going for about 10 sessions so far. I ran a few campaigns previously on the site that crapped out because player schedule's changed. I charge $20/session per player. I know there are a few really experienced DMs who have a following of sorts who get upwards of $40/session per player. There are a handful who actually make a living running games there, I've seen at least one DM who earns around $75k/year doing it, but that level of success is extremely rare. For me, it just pays for my RPG habit. I have 5 players in my current campaign and SPG takes 10%, so I get $90/session.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Juxtapozbliss, post: 9288950, member: 7042149"] I have a home team of 5 of us. When we first started playing about 6 years ago, 4 of the 5 took turns DMing. Since then two of those 4 have trailed off DMing and not returned to it, so right now two of us take turns. The two that stopped...it's primarily the investment of time that it takes to be a good DM that has caused them to stop. They aren't really "improvise" type DMs, they ran modules. I run a homebrew world. I can tell you I put in a lot of time to build maps, expand lore, create encounters, homebrew magic items, create new NPCs, etc. I invest a lot of time and effort into it. For my guys, it's not intimidation of the Mercer effect nor really being vulnerable (but I can definitely see that perspective, that many potential new DMs might feel that)...it's the time required to invest in it to be good at it. Lazy DM or not, they work too much and just don't feel they can invest in it. To be clear, StartPlaying.Games is a site for PAID games. That's the whole purpose of it. To connect players who are looking for games with DMs/GMs across many different game systems. DMs set their rate which tends to average $20 per game. I also DM on the site and run a game on Sundays that has been going for about 10 sessions so far. I ran a few campaigns previously on the site that crapped out because player schedule's changed. I charge $20/session per player. I know there are a few really experienced DMs who have a following of sorts who get upwards of $40/session per player. There are a handful who actually make a living running games there, I've seen at least one DM who earns around $75k/year doing it, but that level of success is extremely rare. For me, it just pays for my RPG habit. I have 5 players in my current campaign and SPG takes 10%, so I get $90/session. [/QUOTE]

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