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[#] On The Planning and Execution Of Your Game
03:41am EDT - 10/21/2008
Ahem.
Okay, so we all know that when you schedule games, especially online, more often than not:
- Some people don't come
- Most people don't come
- The DM doesn't show up
- Someone doesn't have their character ready
- Someone doesn't wanna play anymore
- Someone whines and quits halfway through
- Someone has something come up
- The server shuts down on you (Darn you LL! *shakes fist*)
- Someone wants to change character
- Someone hates other players/the DM in the group
- Other random, but common occurrences that prevent you from running your game/taking part in the game you wanted to
So, in my article, I'm going to hopefully try and give you effective techniques/ideas to solve these problems. Most of these problems can be solved all by one simple resolution, some need changing of the game, some need outright compromise, and some are unsolvable. However, i will try and address as many as i can. Some i will solve by posting good techniques for planning a game, and some i will address the direction directly. So, let's go...
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~Issyl
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