Do any of you fa/tg/uys get pre-game jitters? What do you do

>>53658111
>What do you do to get rid of the anxiety that can come from running a game?
A good fap, a slug of rum, and remembering that ultimately it's just a game, and bad/dead games happen and are generally forgotten, unless they're bad enough to serve as drinking stories or object lessons.

>>53658111
Eat something. It helps. Don't over do caffeine. Sometimes going for a walk helps chill me out.

Take a break every couple hours in game too. Ask for feedback when you're done. Lot of anxiety is worrying about shit no one else cares about or notices so checking that against the people you're around helps.

>>53658111
Used to. These days, I just remind myself that we're all friends and no one's going to hold anything against me if I make a mistake or two. Before I grew that kind of confidence, I'd just push myself through it and the jitters would go away within a half or hour so of starting the game.

>>53658111
Liquid courage.

>>53658306
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Thanks, I'll definitely give some of these a try

>>53658111
>Do any of you fa/tg/uys get pre-game jitters?

yes. usually 1 or 2 days before it's time to gm a game.

Though sometimes also when there is an upcoming session and I have no idea how my character would respond to the situation they are in, or there is an upcoming conflict betwee PCs.

What do you do to get rid of the anxiety that can come from running a game?

spend some time preparing, then watch or listen to porn for a couple hours, then go to bed.

prep may involve talking to other people for advice, writing down what's going on and listing ways to deal with it, or reviewing fluff, logs, and crunch for inspiration. Sometimes before the porn I'll look around on youtube for some videos about player or GM advice. the advice need not be related to what is making me nervous, since getting your noggin joggin' on something else related to GMing or playing can be helpful as a productive distraction.

>>53658306
This is what I do. Also I bring a few adult beverages with me to the game to nurse while playing.

>>53658111
Uh...breath slowly through my nostrils with my eyes closed. For some reason it works, although I'm pretty good at controlling my feelings in general.

Whenever I get into a new campaign on roll20 I end up hating the gm and talking myself into doing it. There is never a point when I'm not nervous though. Sometimes it goes great and others I feel like are a flop despite the players saying otherwise...give me advice about to start a new campaign this weekend.

>>53658111
It helps to block your right nostril so you breathe through the left.
No joke.

It hasn't been determined exactly why it works but there is some encouraging science backing it up.