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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7983691" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>I picked up D&D roughly 30 years ago. I would have done just about any darn thing short of murder to watch a DM with even half of Mercer's skill DM. Instead I muddled through blindly, making just about every mistake a newbie DM could make.</p><p></p><p>If CR had been around, I very much doubt I would have been intimidated or disheartened by Mercer's skill. Rather, I would have been grateful for an example to learn from. I didn't really find one of those for a decade. I can only imagine how many less mistakes I would have made.</p><p></p><p>I certainly wouldn't have felt judged against Mercer. If my players want to compare me to Mercer than they're welcome to go play in his game instead. </p><p></p><p>I was overjoyed when I finally found an experienced group I could learn from. I never felt like the group was comparing me against the other DMs, though I was worse in many respects since I was still learning. But I also brought fresh ideas and perspectives that the existing DMs hadn't previously considered (some of which they ended up adopting).</p><p></p><p>It seems to me as though you're advocating for ignorance being bliss, which is not a viewpoint I can agree with. I know some people do see things that way, but IME their ignorance just makes them less consciously aware of their misery while simultaneously trapping them in a perpetual cycle of said misery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7983691, member: 53980"] I picked up D&D roughly 30 years ago. I would have done just about any darn thing short of murder to watch a DM with even half of Mercer's skill DM. Instead I muddled through blindly, making just about every mistake a newbie DM could make. If CR had been around, I very much doubt I would have been intimidated or disheartened by Mercer's skill. Rather, I would have been grateful for an example to learn from. I didn't really find one of those for a decade. I can only imagine how many less mistakes I would have made. I certainly wouldn't have felt judged against Mercer. If my players want to compare me to Mercer than they're welcome to go play in his game instead. I was overjoyed when I finally found an experienced group I could learn from. I never felt like the group was comparing me against the other DMs, though I was worse in many respects since I was still learning. But I also brought fresh ideas and perspectives that the existing DMs hadn't previously considered (some of which they ended up adopting). It seems to me as though you're advocating for ignorance being bliss, which is not a viewpoint I can agree with. I know some people do see things that way, but IME their ignorance just makes them less consciously aware of their misery while simultaneously trapping them in a perpetual cycle of said misery. [/QUOTE]
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