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Written by Dr Sorcha O’Brien on 2024-07-04 at 15:14

Roleplaying gamers of my acquaintance! Please help out one of my student’s thesis by filling out this online questionnaire! https://forms.gle/4bQowXe16XDjGH838

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Written by Piers Beckley on 2024-07-04 at 20:54

@_sorcha “moderating a role playing group”?

Uh. I’m afraid without some kind of “we are using this particular phrasing for this particular reason” that phrase has just redflagged me right out of the survey.

I mention this as feedback for your student. If you’re researching a subculture and you’re not using their own terms, you need to say why.

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Written by Dr Sorcha O’Brien on 2024-07-05 at 04:37

@piersb Okay, I can ask them why they are using that phrasing - what would you have expected to be used instead?

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Written by Piers Beckley on 2024-07-05 at 06:23

@_sorcha Varies between games and there’s no standard (which is why I’d expect an explanatory - especially since the most-widely used term is etymologically gendered), but GM is the most often used in my experience.

I have never ever heard of anyone moderating a game, and that’s the bump.

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Written by Piers Beckley on 2024-07-05 at 06:28

@_sorcha Thinking about it further: Running a game, GMing a game, or DMing a game. Varies with age, and the first is the most common these days.

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Written by Dr Sorcha O’Brien on 2024-07-05 at 07:15

@piersb Okay, thanks for the clarification, will pass that on.

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Written by Piers Beckley on 2024-07-05 at 14:11

@_sorcha Thanks!

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