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[DanteriusAvius]

My man dms are volunteers.

Yeah? You can still go 'Alright check the event requests and make sure there aren't too many/little going on for a faction before you take your pick'?

They're volunteers. 

The suggestion to check that other factions are getting events means having to interact and actually find out that other factions are getting events.

   

Either way, unless the DMs are willing to be more than volunteers

I cannot agree with forcing DMs to run specific events.

I don't know why people think I am advocating for a sweatshop, or that I'm trying to force them into only running events for specific factions? That is entirely the opposite of my suggestion. I want DM's, when they are up for running events, to pick and choose from a broad range of options. We have a scarcity issue going on and there should be some rationing where event approvals are concerned.

If encouraging this means X faction does not get its third event in a month, while X faction's leader has not gotten a plot relevant event responded to in a month, then is that really an issue?

Yes, actually. First it puts a huge onus on DMs to be aware at all times who is getting events run and who isn’t. And as some events aren’t always given recaps or final posts or reviews that’s near on impossible.

Additionally, writing an event isn’t just take an event, sit down and crank something out. People who DM genuinely want to write something compelling and interesting, and that more often than not, is incredibly difficult. To assume we can simply move from one to another and say “Ah well inspiration will strike for any event you run” is false.

I’ve run three events ever. Two were for Milly. This isn’t cause Milly and I are bros, or hang out, or that I specifically want her to succeed over everyone else. It’s because I have a niche that I really enjoy writing for that Milly has requested twice, and almost no one else ever does.