Comments on: You Should Quit GMing, Right Now

By: SaTaN

SaTaN — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:03:17 +0000

I totally disagree. RPG is not about Ctrl+C Ctrl+V a movie/book/something. I have alot more fun playing a good game of RPG them i have watching any movie. Thats because in RPG you are part of the story. Some players want their game to be exactly like a movie, them they fail. And in this matter i agree with you. But thats the wrong way to do it. I have "GM'ed" star wars games, LoTR games, any many other "expansive midia" based stories. And still my games are far more interesting. Everythime i meet my friends, just to talk and drink a beer, we all remember past games, and laugh about good moments, much more them we remember ANY hollywood product. You can do better them hollywood. You just need to have the right focus. Dont try to be better them hollywood on production or acting. You can find alot better things to focus your game on. Sorry by my bad english (Not my main Language)

By: Sir William

Sir William — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:40:31 +0000

No offense to whoever wrote this article, but you don’t need the million dollar budgets to create good adventures. What you need is a million dollar imagination like these guys.
http://www.stormcrowkennels.com/greengriffin

By: Tony Graham

Tony Graham — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:07:42 +0000

Martin Ralya tips his hat to Jonathan Swift.
Raise a glass…

http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

By: Matthew J. Neagley

Matthew J. Neagley — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:39:37 +0000

Wasn’t this pretty much what someone once told YOU about blogging Martin? If you’re not going to listen, why should we?

By: DarthKrzysztof

DarthKrzysztof — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:40:37 +0000

Good one, Martin, but I never do whatever I *should* do, regardless of who tells me or how obvious it is that you may be right. ; ) And I can't be the only one here...

By: V. Hobbs

V. Hobbs — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:08:40 +0000

Apparently my wisdom's been tapped out; I immediately started wondering where the last eight months had disappeared to, because it was apparently April Fools' Day on Gnome Stew. (Come back, wisdom! I didn't mean what I said!) Hell of a way to get a reader's attention, anyway....

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:01:07 +0000

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I wrote this.

This — not measuring up as a GM — is something I worry about. A way to articulate that popped into my head, and it seemed like it would provoke some interesting reactions. (For the record, it’s not borne out of frustration with my current game — it just popped into my head.)

In being a smartass I was looking for wisdom, advice and some smartassery back. There are lots of reasons to GM, and it’s fun to hear why you do it, what motivates you and what ticks you off.

Your points about roleplaying being a different animal from my examples, about not letting the perfect get in the way of the good, collaboration and about striving anyway are all excellent. Everyone took this in a slightly different — and often unexpected — direction, which I thought was awesome.

Being called a troll was the piece de resistance. Thanks for all your comments — there’s no wisdom in the post itself (only in its obverse), but plenty in your responses.

By: davethegame

davethegame — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:27:07 +0000

Wait, are you saying those 5 years at Julliard were for nothing?

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:06:44 +0000

You're right Martin... And given the total incapacity of the average RPG geek to actually know the difference between a Shared Narrative and a Barf Bag (much less realize that polyhedral Dice were not meant to be snorted), we're all better off spending all that time watching a singing Felicia Day get killed by Shrapnel... God I'm happy that someone finally had the guts to say it...

By: drow

drow — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:27:20 +0000

if only i could, man. if only i could...

By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider

Kurt "Telas" Schneider — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:11:21 +0000

Taliesin: Like that's a small target...

By: Taliesin

Taliesin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:03:28 +0000

I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

My adventures kick Peter Jackson’s ass.

By: vanir

vanir — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:01:27 +0000

THEM'S FIGHTING WORDS, MARTIN!!!! I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T HIRE SIR IAN MCKELLEN TO PLAY OUR WIZARD NPC!! I COULD ONLY AFFORD SCOTT BAIO GAWD

By: RoboSheep

RoboSheep — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:59:39 +0000

I know this game, this is when a blogger says nothing and the fans try to read something profound out of it; it's the same idea as trying to gain wisdom from a fortune cookie.

By: farfromunique

farfromunique — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:39:57 +0000

Here's hoping you're just baiting us, and not actually encouraging us to quit. On the off-chance you are... We're sorry for whatever we did to you.