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What do you most look for in a Player?

Started by RPGPundit, October 14, 2014, 08:43:18 PM

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Philotomy Jurament

#60
October 24, 2014, 08:21:05 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;792095What are the qualities or attributes you most want a player in your campaign to have? What's most important to you from them?

Ability to consistently show up for game sessions.  Everything else is gravy.
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#61
October 24, 2014, 08:59:04 PM
Other than attendance, my new rule will be 'not a GamerGater.'
This forum is great in that the moderators aren\'t jack-booted fascists.

Unfortunately, this forum is filled with total a-holes, including a bunch of rape culture enabling dillholes.

So embracing the \'no X is better than bad X,\' I\'m out of here. If you need to find me I\'m sure you can.

Elfdart

#62
October 28, 2014, 03:02:33 PM
Quote from: Old Geezer;792518"The ladies in this gaming group have the biggest boobs in the world.

Their husbands."

Sometimes the husbands have the biggest boobs -YIKES!
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mAcular Chaotic

#63
October 28, 2014, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: Will;793907Other than attendance, my new rule will be 'not a GamerGater.'

You realize that most of this website's ideas and tendencies would fall under the GamerGate banner, right.
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#64
October 28, 2014, 05:33:07 PM
I don't think anyone here lives near me, so it doesn't matter. Heh
This forum is great in that the moderators aren\'t jack-booted fascists.

Unfortunately, this forum is filled with total a-holes, including a bunch of rape culture enabling dillholes.

So embracing the \'no X is better than bad X,\' I\'m out of here. If you need to find me I\'m sure you can.

Rincewind1

#65
October 28, 2014, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: Will;793907Other than attendance, my new rule will be 'not a GamerGater.'

Tell me - when you perform such a self - fellatio, does the experience beat the taste of your own dick?
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

RPGPundit

#66
October 28, 2014, 08:51:49 PM
Quote from: mAcular Chaotic;794698You realize that most of this website's ideas and tendencies would fall under the GamerGate banner, right.

I'd say it very much depends what people mean when they use that word.  But this isn't the place to have that discussion, so let's skip it.
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#67
October 28, 2014, 09:13:36 PM
Really, enthusiasm is the most important thing.  They have to want to be there and play the game.  If you have that everything else follows and if you don't everything else fails.
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Cave Bear

#68
October 29, 2014, 10:56:19 AM
Here's what I look for in a player:

1) The player needs to be able to show up to game at the scheduled time.
2) The player needs to be willing to play the game I'm offering to run.
3) The player needs to have enough conscientiousness not to be That Guy.

Of course I've been a bad player by my own standards here in the past, but I've gotten a lot better.

woodsmoke

#69
October 29, 2014, 04:07:48 PM
I think most players have been That Guy at some point in their lives. Gods know I have. The important thing is being self-aware enough to recognize it (and/or have friends who are willing to smack you upside the head with that information) and change your behavior.
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EOTB

#70
October 30, 2014, 03:14:00 AM
Regular attendance

Must be a self-motivated player - i.e., willing to create goals of their own for themselves and navigate the campaign world to advance those goals.

I'm only really interested in DMing if I'm going to be surprised by the players in turn.  I'm not really interested in "what module are we playing next?" players.
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TristramEvans

#71
October 30, 2014, 03:24:53 AM
Quote from: EOTB;795090I'm only really interested in DMing if I'm going to be surprised by the players in turn.  I'm not really interested in "what module are we playing next?" players.

Yeah, that's a bingo for myself. My joy in GMing comes primarily from being surprised by the creativity of my players.
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