This made me laugh...
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The number of things I've been diagnosed with over the years slipped into the realm of "accused of"
perils of working with Clinical Psychologists I suppose.
I dislike referencing anything during games, which is why even in rules heavy things like D&D I always make sure everything is crib sheet ready, and spellcasters have all their spells in a book made up and and accessible, just for them. A good GM knows what *they* need to make a game run smooth.
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I think there is a definite structural issue with "RPG on screen" and always has been. If you go towards my style, you're going to get a radio play, with a seriously atonal mix of bad and good actors and fairly terrible voices (and possibly a contract with Big Finish) it would be nigh on impossible to get to work for other people to enjoy. And how do you show and tell all the table litter without a press kit. Youtube has created a style of gaming which shouldn't exist.
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Speaking from observation in my limited bubble, I imagine, that a lot of people „watching“ these streams aren’t actually paying attention.
It‘s like when people used to leave the TV running in the background for company or distraction.
Still, though, you have to admit these dudes are producing absolute trash for cash and it actually works. The whole thing is incredibly inane and overall pretty remarkable.
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Speaking from observation in my limited bubble, I imagine, that a lot of people „watching“ these streams aren’t actually paying attention.
It‘s like when people used to leave the TV running in the background for company or distraction.
Still, though, you have to admit these dudes are producing absolute trash for cash and it actually works. The whole thing is incredibly inane and overall pretty remarkable.
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I don't think Mike Yarwood was a particularly good GM either...
@Printdevil @Taskerland @vdonnut "And this is me"
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And yes... I run much less crunchy rules, and this is *precisely* why.
Like, they look up the silence spell during the woman's turn despite the purpose and effect being quite clear. Dude with beard groans about how long she's taking (nice... Single out the female player)
Dude with beard's turn comes up and there's a four-way discussion about whether he can move between multi-attacks. It drags on for ages, nobody actually looks stuff up, and Colville refuses to make a ruling.
100k watchers.
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@Printdevil @Taskerland @vdonnut "And this is me"
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@Taskerland oh, you were one of these friends XD
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@Taskerland oh, you were one of these friends XD
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@Taskerland I can almost hear the facepalms
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My characters are all gentle suffusions of loveliness characterised by pacifism and a lack of guile
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That sounds like an Alan Bennet character
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@Taskerland I think that's a bit person by person not even table by table. I know people who hate speaking in first person and people who love "the bit". You can't enforce that at the table with proscribing against some player styles. I think bringing it all together is the GM's job. That's part of the director role. "Tim likes pretending he is a Piglen Lord, Tony wants to make plans, Poppy wants to do maps of her house, and Ian is a prick" you just juggle it to maximise the groups enjoyment.
