• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    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.

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      14 hours ago

      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.

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        13 hours ago

        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.