 How many of you play, and how many of you GM? |
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 Jun 8 2006, 01:17 AM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019  |
It seems like a lot of the discussions here are very "How do you GM" oriented. Am I right?
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Jun 8 2006, 01:18 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
I split my time 50-50, I would play 80% of the time if I could because I have ideas I just want to see happen, and they would not unless I step up to the plate.
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Jun 8 2006, 01:22 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
GMing. It's what happens when you're the one to introduce a group to a game.
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Jun 8 2006, 01:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 24-September 03 From: VA Member No.: 5,641 |
Hmm...with so many people spending their time GMing...when do any of us get to play?
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Jun 8 2006, 01:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
I've played SR a fair bit in the past. But it wasn't till I GMed it, and in particular came up with a campaign that was big enough in scope to want to fit it in with wider canon, that I found a place in my heart for DS.
Generally speaking I'm not here for the rules discussions. I'm here for the rest. |
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Jun 8 2006, 01:23 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
both. sometimes seperately, sometimes simultaneously.
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Jun 8 2006, 01:27 AM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
I got the books, hence Im the GM.
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Jun 8 2006, 01:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 24-September 03 From: VA Member No.: 5,641 |
Quick question, exactly how do your players create their characters if you are the only one with the books? Normally my players have their characters pre-created and approved before we sit down and play. |
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Jun 8 2006, 01:35 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Right now, I'm in two games. I GM one, I play one. I'm trying to put a summer-long game together that I'll be GMing, but that still leaves me at 66.667%.
~J |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
I do both... but I usually GM... that's why I voted GM... ^_^
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Jun 8 2006, 02:27 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
That would be what character creation day is for. I don't do "pre-created". |
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Jun 8 2006, 03:39 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
I split time, though right now I'm running our groups current campaign.
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Jun 8 2006, 04:39 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I can't play or GM anymore. Sniffle.
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Jun 8 2006, 06:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Earth - Europe - AGS - Norddeutscher Bund - Hannover Member No.: 7,624 |
Emo, you forgot the "both equally" button. Just for the records: I am GM only.
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 Jun 8 2006, 07:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 21-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 7,988 |
Bah, I do neither. I'm waitin' for a game to open up here to play -- I'm pretty much still a newb to the Shadowrun world and I can't get the people I play D&D/d20 with to try Shadowrun unless I DM. Being a newb still, I don't know how well I'd do DMing -- I'm not even confident enough in my D&D skills to DM one of those games. :dead:
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Jun 8 2006, 08:12 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 10-June 04 Member No.: 6,394 |
This forum is very GM-oriented anyway, I think it explains the results. I wouldn't like to see my players lurk in such a nest of munchkin ideas :-)
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Jun 8 2006, 08:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 917 Joined: 5-September 03 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Member No.: 5,585 |
God yes. Nothing would irritate me more than a couple of my players suddenly dumping their reasonably-fleshed out characters for something brand new and munchy As the GM, I'm the only one allowed to do that :) (NPC's people, sheesh!) -Tir |
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Jun 8 2006, 09:47 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
75% GM, 25% player. Finally convinced a player of my ED campaign to start a SR game, but we don't play it often.
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Jun 8 2006, 01:44 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
You will find in general DS attracts more GMs than foolish players. While GMs meditate upon the greater mysteries of Drop Bears and whether King Edward II was an immortal elf and if a dragon could successful powerball a building, puerile players fritter away their time on things like girlfriends or jobs or a college education. The fools.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 7-July 03 Member No.: 4,891 |
I'm a player once and a GM once, but I definitely spend most of my time GMing. As a player all I do is show up; as a GM, I write NPCs, sketch locations, evolve elaborate plots, etc.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:50 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
Pretty much. I dont want to think how much I have spent on books, and I certinyl dont expect my players to have an sr3, cc, sr comp, and a spec book (MitS, R3, m&m). Especally since my current crop of players are high school kids they dont exactly have much to throw around. Besides, pre-creation means I have to reject the whole charcter when they have finished, insted of kicking them while they are still putting it tougther. |
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Jun 8 2006, 03:08 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,635 Joined: 27-November 05 Member No.: 8,006 |
It would have helped a bit if the poll had multiple options, like: GM exclusively GM nearly all the time GM well over half of sessions GM about half of sessions GM well under half of sessions GM on rare occations Player exclusively Player exclusively, but I want/plan to GM in the near future Do not play (poor Wounded Ronin :( ) Me, I have done both so I voted Null. Although right now it is all player all the time, I have GMed in the past in a different group. But overall yeah, DSF are a hardcore slice of overall Shadowrun players, and as such people that GM at least part of the time are going to be more prevalent. |
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Jun 8 2006, 04:41 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...this pretty much sums it up for myself. I have now ran two extended arcs (one in SR2 & the other in SR3) both which greatly expanded the existing canon. For example, In "Drivetime" (SR2), I worked up Fuel Cell and Hybrid powerplants as well as introduced an entire line of vehicles built on these concepts. These were updated to SR3/Rigger 3 attributes and are now a staple in all my campaigns & stand alone runs. Unfortunately with version 4 (which the rest of my group has transitioned to) I have to wing it until Arsenal comes out later this year. In "Rhapsody" (SR3), I introduced a framework for Empaths (via an NPC) which was tied to the comet and has nothing to do with magic. This will see further development in my next campaign, quite possibly becoming a PC option. While on the subject of canon... I'm not sure if there has been a thread or dedicated poll on the topic of how close do you stay on, or deviate from, "official" SR Canon in your campaigns. I also agree, While sometimes I need clarification on a hazy rule now & then (to squash potential rules debates during play sessions), I prefer to stay out of most rules discussions. As it is with any game system, I take the approach - The GM's word (provided it is not asinine) is final. |
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Jun 8 2006, 05:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-December 05 From: new jack city Member No.: 8,077 |
I got into SR3 in Japan, then when i moved back to the US and asked around... no one played SR. So now i am the gm for my group of friends. I was playing a PC who acted more or less like a fly on the wall (he was a socially incompetent ork technomancer who was there for hacking). Now i think it is easier just to GM, but i do miss playing sometimes. I want to go " 5 karma! thats it!, but i burned down an orphanage!" :cyber:
... and i stick to the cannon as hard as i can, i figure its easier that way because i am still trying to establish the feel of shadowrun in my players and i don't know as much as i'd like to yet. |
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Jun 8 2006, 11:10 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
There really should have been a "both" option. My group swaps out GMing Shadowrun. We've never done it for other systems though, which I've always thought was curious.
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