I just think... this is ridiculous. Sorry Pain, I like you buddy, but the idea that I should force people to GM is pure insanity. Right now at Gateway Games and More I am the store coordinator. We regularly have 18 or more players show up to play. I have a small store that I work with and we can really only fit 3 tables in there, we can SOMETIMES squeeze in a fourth if the store has NO OTHER CUSTOMERS, which is rare. I think that without a doubt, we are the largest PFS store in the Cincinnati area.
I right now have a stable of 6 GMs, but only 2 that I can rely on to run a game regularly. One of those is me. I have approached a few people in our group to run games and a few have stepped up and run some. Others seem a bit scared still and I have given them copies of scenarios(that they already played in) to read, so that they can see what they are looking at getting into. I am supportive and helpful in any way that I can be, hoping that they will step up at some point.
Never, and I do mean never, will I tell them they can't come anymore if they decide that GMing is not for them. I don't turn people away from my tables. Sometimes this means I have three tables with 7 players each, and yes it sometimes gets quite loud and almost unbearably hot. Has the owner of the store had to turn on the AC in the dead of winter because I had 23 people packed around his tables? Yes. Is that ideal? No. Will I ever tell people to go home to prevent it? Hell no. If I have to GM two tables at once I'll do it so that people can play some PFS. Sure, it may not be the best gameplay in the world but for some of my players its the only gaming they get and I will not deny them that.
Sorry, but I won't deny my players a game for any reason unless they do something drastic. (i.e. stealing from the store/players, hurting someone else, etc) I find the idea of that somewhat offensive in a way.
