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What kind of GM are you? (forms.gle)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by to c/rpg@ttrpg.network
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Greetings, programs! With the MCDM community's help, I've prepared a survey of GM styles, so that I can use factor analysis to find the common variables underlying GMs' responses, and come up with a scientific answer to "what kinds of GM styles are there?" The survey has 43 questions and takes a few minutes to complete. The more people answer, the better the data we'll get.

EDIT: We got 101 responses and now we're analysing the data. First results: There are 9 dimensions of GM style! Not sure what they are, but there's 9 of them.

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[–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Actually, I've been running the data, and it seems there's a factor underlying when sessions end, whether joke characters are allowed, restrictions on character choice, comedy relief NPCs, and a focus on lore prep.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Where are you going to announce results?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago

    I guess I'll post in this community when I've written up descriptions of all the dimensions.

    But if you want to see how the sausage is made, we've been making it together in the MCDM discord server.

    And I just named the last factor. So although I haven't written descriptions of all the factors, I can tell you the acronym is STOPJADEN. Strategy, Tactics, Order, Prep, Jest, Authenticity, Direction, Equality, Narrative.

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