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 Oct 6 2007, 05:19 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 11-July 02 Member No.: 2,964  |
Simple question, just curious what the GM to PC ratio is on this forum. I know some people likely do both, but pick the category that fits you best.
I apologize if this has been done before, I did a brief search but came up with nothing. :) |
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Oct 6 2007, 05:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 179 Joined: 8-June 05 From: Montréal, République du Québec Member No.: 7,433 |
GM, I've never played a single fraggin' PC in my whole SR 'career' . Bulldrek.
But my fortunes are changing: one of my players is receptive towards launching his own campaign parallel to mine! Finally! |
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Oct 6 2007, 05:40 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 |
...for the most part as of late, GM. Yeah it's okay but eventually I want to get back into PC mode again.
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Oct 6 2007, 05:49 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 25-June 07 Member No.: 12,022 |
None so far, but in less than a week I will be a GM so I voted GM :) Finally gotten my group to try something else than D&D :P
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Oct 6 2007, 05:56 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
GM; I'm the only one that knows the universe (and the hymnal; my players find it hilarious that I have a decent portion of the page numbers for stuff memorized) well enough.
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Oct 6 2007, 06:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 12,235 |
When my group started playing it was on my suggestion, and since I was the only one that knew the rules, well...GM. Of course, I'd rather be a PC.
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Oct 6 2007, 07:41 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
GM.
I've played a grand total of 5 characters. One of those was in a game that lasted for more than 4 sessions. But I like GMing. I have been the one to introduce each group to Shadowrun, so it usually falls to me. In my last steady group, I started everyone on it, and by the time I moved, three other people had GM'd games. |
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Oct 6 2007, 08:53 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 |
...yeah, as much as it is a lot of work, I admit I do like being the GM sometimes.
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Oct 6 2007, 08:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
I prefer to play, but right now I am willing to gm just to be able to do something again.
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Oct 6 2007, 09:49 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 25-July 07 Member No.: 12,356 |
I'm definitely more of a player, though I do GM Steampunk and Shadowrun Fourth, i'm a player in most other tabletop games, including Shadowrun Third, which is my favorite so far.
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Oct 6 2007, 10:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Saeder-Krupp Rhine-Ruhr Regional HQ Member No.: 13,215 |
I've only ever played once, a low-tech campaign in the Rhine-Ruhr sprawl -- running for the Mafia, basically. I'm now GMing my first group through Emergence.
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Oct 6 2007, 11:42 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I go both ways, but the GMing hat sticks tightest.
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Oct 7 2007, 01:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
mostly gm but MAN I want to play
its been sooo long |
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Oct 7 2007, 04:33 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
I'm 51% Player, 49% GM. Actually, if you were to break it down, I ran about 25% of the time in 2ed, 50% of the time in 3ed (but splitting that with two other regualr GMs, so I rand the lion share of that edition), and 0% of the time in SR4 (and 0% of the time in 1st, but that was one game). Skewing that is I've only played maybe 10 sessions of SR4 (I just recently joined a regular group that has seemingly survived-- knock on wood-- the genesis), started 2ed in '93, and I'm missing a few chunks of SR3 from the years I spent either in the Marines or playing lesser systems.
So, these days I skew slightly more towards playing than running. |
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Oct 7 2007, 05:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
GM for the better part of my SR career - I treasure the few characters I've played, a grand total of 5. In chronological order - Pyre (human aspected sorcerer, 1st edition), Nightmare (elf combat mage/hitman, 1st - 3rd edition), Max (ork adept, 4th edition), Vin (human burned out mage, 4th edition), and Silence (human street sam, 4th edition).
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Oct 7 2007, 07:32 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 imagine most people here are going to be GM's.
I can count the number of SR gaming sessions I have been at as a player on my fingers yet. |
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Oct 7 2007, 08:55 AM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
GM I dream of playing and SR game in the flesh.
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Oct 7 2007, 11:44 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Been GM since 1st edition. Run lot's of games but never been a player, not sure what kind of a player I'd make, probably a horrid one. lol
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Oct 7 2007, 11:51 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 |
GM most of the time, even though we started a SR4-campaign in which I'm a player. :)
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Oct 7 2007, 05:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 20-February 04 From: in the matrix Member No.: 6,091 |
I voted GM since I GM more than play but I do both.
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Oct 7 2007, 11:36 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Both or neither?
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Oct 8 2007, 03:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 12,235 |
You know, at present time the vote stands as a GM to PC ratio of over three to one. My question is, who are we all GMing for...
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Oct 8 2007, 03:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
Even in my AD&D youth, I always preferred PCing. Tried GM a couple of times and hated it. Playing was always more fun, IMO.
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Oct 8 2007, 05:47 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Man, with D&D, DMing is really fun, though. A lot of the busywork is taken out of the game by the random tables (i.e. you don't decide beforehand who everyone in the bar is, you can roll on the tables as needed) and at the same time you get to draw up enormous maze-like dungeons with graph paper for the player characters to get lost in with Indiana Jones traps all over the place. |
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Oct 8 2007, 06:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 12,235 |
*trying very delicately not to derail the thread...too much* I'm with Zhan Shi on this one. I got suckered into DM'ing a game this coming weekend, and I'm dreading it. One of the things I discovered during my switch to Shadowrun is that the rich setting built right into the Shadowrun core rulebook makes it so that it's really very easy to make stuff up on the fly. Need a computer program? It's got the Mitsuhama logo on it! Want a general store? Welcome to the Stuffer Shack! Got Cops?™ In comes Lone Star, and their eternal (and flavorful!) rivalry with Knight Errant! In D&D there's lots of mechanics to work with, but no real flavor to speak of - because, of course, the rules are supposed to be broadly applicable to many different settings. However, if you like drawing those dungeons, have some spare time this week, and want to do me a favor... :D |
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