(Greetings, my name is Kevin. I usually direct folk here to my profile when I am looking for players for a campaign once a year or so. I put a bunch of info about me and my style etc to encourage folk to tell me a bit about them so we can start seeing if we and any other players would work well together and hopefully bring a campaign to a satisfying conclusion. We may potentially play for many hours together over several months...though my last campaign went over a year...and we want to do our best to make sure it will all work out. So if you are so inclined hit me back about you, the pop culture you like, what you like in a game or a DM style, etc and we can decide if what I plan for the sessions will gel with you getting the most out of it and having a fun campaign! Hopefully the below will sound promising to you and we can talk more)
I am a Southern Californian who grew up on the beach. I have been a surfer, athlete, comic book fanboy, Ren Fair dude (the music scene mostly), and D&D (and other games; Champions, Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, etc) enthusiast my whole life so my geek cred is strong. Have played D&D since childhood, DMing 95% of the time. Still use the same game world since I was a kid that started out with just a tavern and a dungeon and slowly over many years put togther a world built-in part from player background/actions. I'm old school but not some fuddy grognard neckbeard (anybody of any persuasion or non-hateful philosophy is welcome at my "table").
I am a character friendly DM who loves PCs and I like them to help create the “story” rather than me scripting everything. I should mention that I don't try to promote community theater or anything, but you should know I love when characters are doing some role playing with each other or NPC's and I tend to allow them room for it because it fits with my style. I am a strong proponent of "emergent gameplay." That means your actions and very presence in the game world will define it. Or something. I don't really watch much Critical Role or "how to play" videos (and have not yet played BG3). With me you get a GenX'er who started with the old stuff as a kid but evolved with the times. I try to slip in at least one action encounter in a three hour or so session and let the players role play and interact with my world as much as they like. Story and sandbox CAN live together!
Cheers!