In this thread, Larry Spiel wrote: People have a habit of listing their time gaming as though it were qualification.

In this thread, Larry Spiel wrote: People have a habit of listing their time gaming as though it were qualification. In my experience, the number of years a person has been gaming does not have a major effect on how much I will enjoy playing with them, system specific or not.

Originally shared by Chris “HyveMynd” Stone-Bush

Pet Peeve:
Starting an "I'm a new GM for [specific system]" post by mentioning how long you've been GMing for.

Every system is different and has different "best practices" for running it. Sure, some of the skills you've picked up from running other games might be applicable to this new system, but only generally. You still have to learn this new system from the ground up, and that often means unlearning practices from other systems. GMing games of D&D f or 30 years doesn't mean all that much when you're starting to run Fate.