I have found the "people" aspect of playing D&D to be its biggest challenge, yet also its greatest potential reward.
"Why Some D&D Groups Last for Years (And Others Fall Apart After Three Sessions)"
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-HXmodZ8H4 [7 min 36 sec]
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/04/why-dnd-groups-fail/
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Things I would personally add to this:
• On RL interfering, this *can* be overcome... *if* all the players care enough. Trouble is, many players don't think logistical matters like rescheduling are important, especially not "wallflowers" who claim to be real players but are really just trying to fit in with a friend group by doing the same thing as everyone else. (For this reason, I'd rather have an audience member than a wallflower "player".)
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@ruckerworks
• On the "people problem", one form of third-party interference that IME is unique to online play is those living with a player (usually their parents) feeling entitled to that player's attention, presence, and/or labor at any and all times, and thus yanking them away from "playing on the computer", which """obviously""" couldn't possibly be disrupting a scheduled activity with real people (or in the worst case scenario, because it *is* and they're making a power play!).
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@ruckerworks
• Interpersonal chemistry is easier said than done... and while you claim that out-of-game chemistry can be ignored, it is my own experience that it *ABSOLUTELY CANNOT*. I've had to learn the hard way to never RP with conservatives, because no matter how well we might happen to RP together, things *will* fall apart sooner or later due to clashes of values.
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