littlebum2002
2013-10-05, 08:33 PM
This has happened to me twice on these boards, and I'm curious to know what the etiquette is. A DM creates a "recruiting players" thread, gives a great (and of course completed) concept, people spend lots of time creating their characters for the game, and the DM just... disappears.
In one game, I emailed the DM, and he came back to the thread for awhile, even though he acted a little snippish for having been bothered through email. (Probably not the kind of DM one would want anyway). Since then he has been silent for 2 weeks.
Another thread is still somewhat young. The DM was answering lots of questions at first, then disappeared and hasn't posted for a week.
My first question is: why do people do this? If you want people to create a character, they spend a LOT if time doing it. If you then become disinterested in the game, or find out you are short on free time, why not mention this so the players can get a new DM? I know every day people create characters that don't end up being used, but there's a huge difference between only picking some applications and simply abandoning everyone to an unknown fate.
2) would it be rude if I started a new thread, posted the same rules that were in the old thread, pointed everyone who got shafted to the new thread, then asked for someone to DM the game? It sounds a bit rude to go over the head of a DM who created a concept then use it for my own, but I'd he really cared, he would have at least given notice before going AWOL, wouldn't you think?
What is the right thing to do in these situations?
In one game, I emailed the DM, and he came back to the thread for awhile, even though he acted a little snippish for having been bothered through email. (Probably not the kind of DM one would want anyway). Since then he has been silent for 2 weeks.
Another thread is still somewhat young. The DM was answering lots of questions at first, then disappeared and hasn't posted for a week.
My first question is: why do people do this? If you want people to create a character, they spend a LOT if time doing it. If you then become disinterested in the game, or find out you are short on free time, why not mention this so the players can get a new DM? I know every day people create characters that don't end up being used, but there's a huge difference between only picking some applications and simply abandoning everyone to an unknown fate.
2) would it be rude if I started a new thread, posted the same rules that were in the old thread, pointed everyone who got shafted to the new thread, then asked for someone to DM the game? It sounds a bit rude to go over the head of a DM who created a concept then use it for my own, but I'd he really cared, he would have at least given notice before going AWOL, wouldn't you think?
What is the right thing to do in these situations?