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moon December 18th, 2015 4:36 PM

GM or player? GM AND player?
 
Some arrange RPs and play the masterminds, creating worlds and managing events. Others create characters and build stories, interact and look forward to surprises and events within the adventures.

Which role do you prefer in general, Game Master or Player in a RP here? Why? :3

Dragon December 18th, 2015 4:45 PM

I think I'm stronger as a player. Because as a player, I think I can be more funny and adapt more to situations. :3

Daydream December 18th, 2015 5:18 PM

I've been a player more often, but recently I've been lured in by the pull of GM'ing. Developing history, creating maps, environments, magic systems, etc. is really fun. It's a task I find myself getting really engrossed in. Then the best part is seeing how others manipulate and add to your lore to fit their characters into and around it.

So I think I'd like to be a GM a lil' bit more. Not by too much though. :P

Dusty December 18th, 2015 6:20 PM

Being a GM I have found is pretty fun, although not easy. I've found its quite a bit like herding cats. I really need to work on getting things started quickly, as it can be hard to keep interest sometimes. But other than that I find it incredibly amusing to mess with my players and see what happens when I throw them into a situation.

Sonata December 19th, 2015 12:33 AM

I prefer being a player as there's less responsibility and less worrying about if someone's going to post or just drop off the face of the earth and make you pick up their character because you don't want it to end. but then being a gm can be fun too because you can plot all kinds of things and just never tell anyone until it pops up. Make all the plot twists.

moon December 19th, 2015 1:48 AM

I usually love being GM. Plotting, twisting, guiding, creating the world and have others want to come and play in it... It's heaven for creative people with a bit of a controlling side 8)

But lately I think I need to be a player instead. As Alvey says, there is sort of less responsibility, even if you are still crucial to the RPs. You can focus on yourself and what you build with others. I have almost always GM'd something so it should be a nice break haha.

gimmepie December 19th, 2015 3:37 AM

As much as I love being a player, GMing is my forte and is probably my favourite thing to do. There's just something about creating and manipulating a world and watching how players handle it.

Loki December 19th, 2015 6:40 AM

I'm lazy so being a player is preferable for me haha - I just like being swept along for the ride. I tried my hand at GM'ing here at PC once or twice like... 6 years ago and the result was so pitiful that I resolved never to subject anyone to my GM'ing again LOL.

Oddball_ December 26th, 2015 12:11 AM

I love to create worlds and act as an omnipotent, all powerful being who decides the course of life and death... but I don't have enough time in the day. So I get to enjoy others stories most of the time.

JukeboxTheGhoul December 26th, 2015 9:01 AM

I am better as player, because to be honest, once I'm giving something to look after, it inexplicably wilts.

Sopheria December 26th, 2015 9:22 AM

I think I'd lean more towards player. Just seems funner. GMing requires that you maintain an entire universe and canon, but being a player seems a bit more relaxed. I probably wouldn't be opposed to being a GM, if there was a Roleplay that I really wanted to see happen and but it wasn't being done by anyone else.

GreyBidoof December 26th, 2015 1:31 PM

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Originally Posted by STARDU5T (Post 9040538)
Being a GM [...] I've found its quite a bit like herding cats.

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Retro Bug January 18th, 2016 12:24 AM

GM GM GM GM

However, I'm too lazy to actually become a GM and submit my roleplays. I like navigating people through stories and seeing how the characters develop, and how my roleplay develops with them. It's really satisfying to see people enjoying the content you created and the characters they created for it.

jombii January 18th, 2016 12:48 AM

I find it more fun to be a player. As a GM, there is this intense pressure for you to know where each and every player for your RP while managing the world, all the while creating plots for story development and understanding how each character's subplot might affect your general plot.

However, I think Journey RPs are fun to mod as they're relatively easier to handle compared to other types of RPs.

FireSnow January 18th, 2016 9:52 PM

I have largely been a player in my RP career and I find that that is the one i find to be more enjoyable. This in mind though, I also like to feel in control of everything in regards to how an RP is run. So I must say I hope to be a GM at some point in the future.

Quest January 18th, 2016 10:03 PM

I rather enjoy both parts. I enjoy writing and love to be in worlds both of my creation or others. Like Retro Bug, I really enjoy GMing, but I'm too lazy most of the time. Hopefully, people like Fire can keep me in check!

Geras January 19th, 2016 1:10 PM

Definitely player, mostly because I make a terrible GM. Really though, I love the surprise of not knowing what the GM is going to throw at me next.

Iceshadow3317 January 19th, 2016 1:43 PM

I like being a player. I was a simi GM of an RP back in the summer, and I wasn't a huge fan of it. I don't like planning things in advance. Some people might get left behind or can't keep up. I don't like rushing people. Plus, if you are a main GM, I would say it becomes almost like a job.

Jay January 20th, 2016 2:49 PM

I'm not sure, since I've not really been a successful GM. I'd say I prefer the player role in general though, which may surprise some who know me personally. I love the element of surprise, I love writing with my fellow players and I love love love making characters for different settings and seeing them blossom into beautiful little butterflies.

...

When the RP gets that far, that is. Regardless of role, I hate seeing an RP die before its time in the limelight is fully experienced. Still, RPer, GM, it's the experience that matters most to me. I really do enjoy both, maybe if I make a successful RP one day... I'll have a more valid opinion.~

Arsenic January 20th, 2016 7:12 PM

While I have an interest in GMing something, I feel I even lack still in the player category and find myself to intimidated to GM something.

Not to mention I have the attention span of a cat.

jombii January 21st, 2016 7:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deceptio (Post 9084808)
When the RP gets that far, that is. Regardless of role, I hate seeing an RP die before its time in the limelight is fully experienced. Still, RPer, GM, it's the experience that matters most to me. I really do enjoy both, maybe if I make a successful RP one day... I'll have a more valid opinion.~

There is a huge pressure on a GM to keep an RP alive and running. When people are slow to post, he should be there to keep them on the right track just to keep the thread alive for one more week then another then another.

You think it's hard to post as a player? Just imagine what a GM feels when nobody is posting and his/her created world is slowly being lowered to literary graveyard.

Jay January 21st, 2016 1:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varys (Post 9085681)
There is a huge pressure on a GM to keep an RP alive and running. When people are slow to post, he should be there to keep them on the right track just to keep the thread alive for one more week then another then another.

You think it's hard to post as a player? Just imagine what a GM feels when nobody is posting and his/her created world is slowly being lowered to literary graveyard.

Hey, hey, trust me... I don't think it's hard to post on a player, nor do I think it's easy for GMs either. I know how insanely difficult it can be for both.

All I'm saying is that I hate to see it when an RP dies. It's a sad time for all involved and it always disappoints me to see a good story and concept go under.~

jombii January 21st, 2016 2:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deceptio (Post 9086051)
Hey, hey, trust me... I don't think it's hard to post on a player, nor do I think it's easy for GMs either. I know how insanely difficult it can be for both.

All I'm saying is that I hate to see it when an RP dies. It's a sad time for all involved and it always disappoints me to see a good story and concept go under.~

Hey hey I'm not contesting what you said. It's more like an added fact that the pressure is bigger on a GM to keep an RP alive.

But yes, tales of altaria

Nagi January 21st, 2016 8:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varys (Post 9086108)
But yes, tales of altaria

;-;

ahem. i've only ever GM'ed once and that actually fell rather flat, so i don't think i'm actually very good at it (as of yet anyway), but i actually think i'd like the worldbuilding and guiding role of a GM more than that of a player, haha. it's just that i'm terrible at coming up with storylines from scratch... i need a base to work with, hence being a player comes so much easier.

moon February 13th, 2016 2:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nagi (Post 9086463)
;-;

ahem. i've only ever GM'ed once and that actually fell rather flat, so i don't think i'm actually very good at it (as of yet anyway), but i actually think i'd like the worldbuilding and guiding role of a GM more than that of a player, haha. it's just that i'm terrible at coming up with storylines from scratch... i need a base to work with, hence being a player comes so much easier.

Well, now you are finding it pretty fun, aren't you? (;


So if we shift the question a bit from "roleplayer OR GM"... How do you guys feel about being a GM and a player in a RP?

Usually when I am a GM, I also sign up with a character of my own and am part of events just in the same way as my players are. But Star Wars could be an example, where I didn't quite sign up with my Felacatian smuggler, nor with my Jedi characters. I just claimed to be the GM and presented them and played them haha. And there have been RPs where I have only GMd and not participated as a player. That works too, if you feel like focusing completely on making a great experience for the others.

But usually I enjoy participating myself c:


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