Do you GM, Run, or Both, Curious as to how many posters are GMs Options

[Pthgar]

Probably has been asked before, but I couldn't find it.

[Austere Emancipa...]

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=6959

[Kagetenshi]

Though this does have a finer scale.

~J

[Austere Emancipa...]

Not that the finer scale seems to be needed... So far 3 x 100% GM, 1 x 80-90% GM.

[Chibu]

[Bossemanden]

Up to a year ago it was never. The last year it´s been somewhat less than 50%. From now on (with us running 2 groups with 3 potential masters) its gonna be a bit more than that.

[paul_HArkonen]

I had been GMing about 20-30% of the time, but I've started a personal Campaign so I'll be the sole GM of my group for a while, so I put 30-40.

[Pthgar]

Thanks AE. I don't seem to be able to search with my laptop, although the feature works fine on my desktop.

[Fortune]

I can't Search either, although I used to be able to. It didn't occur to me that it would be because of my laptop, because I haven't always had the problem.

[Westiex]

In the current group, I GM approx 20% of the time (we take turns). Though the main GM has stated that if his current character dies (likely) he won't be making a new one since he'll be going to Japan shortly.

[Pthgar]

Well the thing is, I don't know why it's the laptop. They are both running Win2k and latest updates of IE (not Immortal Elves) and the settings are the same.

[Ecclesiastes]

I used to only play. Then I only GMed. Then I only played.
Lately, the only table top I've played has been when I GMed at GenCon, so I put 50%.

[Kagetenshi]

Up until very recently, I GMed about 98.8%. I had had one several-month run as a player, and a bunch of week-long or two-week-long games, but other than that stretching back for a decade I was a GM only.

Now I'm in three games, two of which I GM and one I play in. I chose 80%-90% because I'm still very disproportionately a GM.

~J

[Pthgar]

I should have put a time fram on the poll, like "Within the last year."

One of the new guys to the group told me he made a run one day while sitting in class. He'd only played on run! You just gotta love enthusiasm like that. After working with him a little bit it turned out to be a fun time.

[tisoz]

Hoody hoo! I picked the only percentile that had yet to be chosen.

[Endgame50]

I only run D&D, which has no place on these forums. Otherwise, I'm just a player who's mildly obsessed with rules balance. *grin*

[Weredigo]

(houserule)Every now and then I'll connive one of my players to GM me through a Solo. I'm looking around for a group to join, but at the moment there are few shadowrun games here, a buddy of mine is almost finished with a DnD Campaign so that'll be a nice change of pace.

[Dark Scrier]

I GM. I wish I didn't, but hey, I'm the lesser of several evils.

[tisoz]

[Rieal82]

with my group every one has to GM once from time to time. it might be as much as 2 months before i run again but we all know that its coming. :evil:

[Pthgar]

So far there is a much wider distrubution than I would have thought.
Another thought comes up. How do people feel about players GMing once in a while? I mean, I know it's a nice break for the regular GM, but I think there are other benefits. I feel that even if a player GMs once and hates it or it's the crappiest run in the world, the experiance and insight into the GM's roll is invaluable. But I can see how it might be frustrating to have another GM come in and do it the "wrong" way.

I don't know, how do you all feel?

[Kagetenshi]

Not that wide. About 50% of those polled GM 70% or more.

~J

[Pthgar]

Yeah, but I though it would be, like, 80% GM 90% of the time. I really thought that these forums would be overwhelmingly GM only who only GM.

[Grinder]

Since i killed accidently a character (ganger wrestled with a force 6 fire elemental and lost), i don't have to GM anymore. The player of that char wasn't too unhappy about the death and decided to continue my campaign - works fine so far. :)

[Pthgar]

The first time my wife GMed a game (Food Fight) my buddy who's been playing as long as I (10ish years) got cocky and lost some of his healthy SR paranioa. He walked around an aisle and got a shotgun at point blank. He almost died. It was an excellent lesson in SR lethality.