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Master Greytalker
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:30 pm
Moniker For The Nameless One Behind The Screen
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I was simply curious as several friends have argued over the issue...
So which moniker do you use for "The Nameless One Behind The Screen"
Of course the eternal "Heartless Bast***" is assumed when a favourite character that you have nutured for years and seen through countless adventures dies because of three natural 20s in a row.
Not that I am bitter or anything...
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:56 pm
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Call me "old fashioned," or whatever, but I'm not interested in this modern day "politically correct" stuff. Dungeon Master works for me.
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:20 pm
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I use DM, but sometimes slip to GM, and enough of my players came to D&D later in their RPG careers that DM isn't always their first choice.
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:48 pm
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DM! Proudly and unashamedly DM. 
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:11 pm
Re: Moniker For The Nameless One Behind The Screen
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| Crag wrote: |
| So which moniker do you use for "The Nameless One Behind The Screen" |
I answered "Dungeon Master", but that's a little misleading. I use "DM" for fantasy games, "GM" for all others, and referee for blind wargaming - where you can't see your opponent's position.
Note that those are literal - DM and GM - not the full phrase.
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:55 pm
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Same thing for me "DM" or "GM" I'll use either.
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Journeyman Greytalker
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:15 am
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Games Operation Director.
It keeps the players from forgetting rule #1: All rules are subject to arbitrary change in order to make the game more fun.
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:04 am
Nameless DM
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Honestly ... I prefer "DM" since I started playing D&D before anything else, but when I play games other than D&D, "GM" has come into more common parlance.
My personal preference overall though ... I like "Storyteller", because it's more about the plot and storylines than being a "referee" of rules arbitration. If I'm playing a gmae that is rules heavy and is double blind, I will say "referee", but I don't like the term.
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:40 pm
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DM forever!!!
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Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:21 am
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Yeah, we could be playing Candyland and I would somehow manage to be called the DM.
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Master Greytalker
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:03 pm
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| chaoticprime wrote: |
| Yeah, we could be playing Candyland and I would somehow manage to be called the DM. |
You mean everybody doesn't do that?
I always use DM myself. Thirty years of habit is hard to break. But now that I think about it, since I occasionally dabble in third-party stuff I have to admit I'm becoming more accustomed to GM.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:17 pm
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I am with bubba there. I like the sound of GM too, it makes me feel like I'm the General Manager of a sports team or something.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:49 am
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But "Dungeon Master" sounds like you're some type of torturer... and the players must be punished.
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:39 am
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| Varthalon wrote: |
| But "Dungeon Master" sounds like you're some type of torturer... and the players must be punished. |
Anyone who plays in one of my games is gonna be punished.
Sadism aside, I use DM, GM, & ST interchangeably but if I am running a D&D game I'll most often use DM.
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Master Greytalker
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:33 pm
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| Varthalon wrote: |
| But "Dungeon Master" sounds like you're some type of torturer... and the players must be punished. |
Exactly.
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