3w ago

I've gotta look for players soon and I am W O R R I E D

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I've formed some of my best, and strongest friendships through online ttrpg play starting as strangers. But not quite randoms, which is an important distinction. I collected hundreds of applications to play, and went through every single one to hand select ones that had good vibes. I even video interviewed them.
Still playing almost ten years later with a few of those, and the ones who don't still play with me still had multi year campaigns with.
- This seems nuts on paper but bet it finds a lot of people frustrated by the same things.
  Was it arduous?
  Glad it worked out for you. Good advice.
  
  I don't know, doesn't seem that nuts to me. I'm a GM and I reckon if I'm going to run games for years for people for free, I had better like them and know a little bit about them.
  I wouldn't say it was a fun task, but I wouldn't go so far as arduous. I kinda like reading everyone's answers and, if I'm being quite frank, I'm not above admitting that so many people trying to get into a game I run is a nice feeling.

If I had to choose I think I'd be top right pancake
How about yall?
If you had to choose one who'd you be?
- Bottom right.
  
  Nice👌
  Now we need 2 more party members🔪🧨 and then we can head into the dungeon⚔️🛡️
- Toddler with the sword, definitely.

Hey, hey, now.
Nobody on roll 20 can afford a real machete
- $6.99 at Harbor Freight!
  
  Dammit Harbor Freight! Always ruining a mid tier joke with affordable pricing on acceptable quality goods!

I've found only fantastic 1000% perfect groups online. Only ever had issues irl

The way people play and enjoy D&D varies so wildly, I don't think just popping into a random game with random people would necessarily be fun 90% of the time.
Maybe I'm a Mony Haul type campaign enjoyer and everyone is running their super serious, extra dark and edgy medieval simulation. I would be bored out of my mind during all those 8 hour long fictional political debate sessions. I wanna hit things with various sticks and win fabulous prizes! 😩

Stamets, if you’re legit putting together an online D&D group I’d be super interested. I’ve never played but I vow to not be that guy in the group and to try my hardest.
- I have no problem with new players provided you're willing to learn, listen and be cooperative. It's easy to fall into a bit of main character syndrome but as long as you're willing to receive feedback then you are genuinely already going to be better than like... 60%, minimum, of other online players.
  I've been fleshing out a world, nations, factions, gods, and various potential plotlines for the past year or so. Should be done in the next 1-4 weeks, likely sooner than later. If you're actually interested (or if anyone is), just shoot me a message. The only thing that I actively require from my players is a DnD Beyond account, a Discord account, a sense of humor, a spark of imagination and a goal to both play your story and uplift others in theirs. I cannot guarantee that you'll be able to play just by messaging, i'm going to end up interviewing people to an extent and judging vibes. Want to make sure everyone is chill and ready to get along with one another. But by all means, my messages are open.
  Honestly they always are but no one ever messages me... Well outside of the occasional newbie who is trying to figure out Lemmy, sees my username a lot and goes "He probably knows how it works!" Which, fair. I do. Good person to ask lol
  
  Shit, make sure you take good notes. Share that stuff with lemmy.
  I'm too damn paranoid to join in a lemmy related game like that, but it does seem like it would be relatively easy to find a decent group here.
  
  Kind of interested, playing in two games but been having scheduling issues with one so may be in the market, and would love to play in something beyond a module. Despite having two games, only been playing a couple years, these are my 2nd and 3rd ever.
  
  Hey I'd be down to join, depending on meeting times

The Pathfinder version of this meme is the same, they’re just all wearing a rainbow flag.
- Jokes on you, we play every rpg!

I've always wanted to try playing DND, but I don't know anybody where I live since I moved five years ago, and I'm not an outgoing type of individual.
- Check with your library.
  
  Someone hasn't returned the gaming group my library has for loans.
  
  On top of that board game shops tend to do game nights, and probably have a system for putting together groups.

#3 is pretty applicable to me today. Sometimes you gimp the furry and sometimes the furry gimps you...

Which one are you stamets.
- The DM having to deal with all of them

I’m 2 today.

I've seen this reposted at least 3 times but every time I legit horselaugh

That kid is ready to join the Legion.

I've never had success with randoms because all it takes is one person to really dampen the game, and the odds of that happening are just too high.
Which is a shame because I've ran into good players who just can't find a group to click with.
- Why not make a group with the good players?
  
  Two of them gave up on it indefinitely before we found the right DM.

LOL true. I love my in-person group so much - we've been meeting at my house since before Covid.

So true, it burns. >_<

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