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cktjharris: Which requires more patience: explaining a game to someone new or listening while someone explains a new game to you?

Solanum: Listening while someone explains a game to me.
BOBBYCAN: Long winded damn question.
D00MSTALKER: Unfortunately for me it is listening.
Woelf: I do the former frequently so I'm pretty used to it. The latter really depends on the person doing it; some are good at it, some make it excruciating.
cvb81: Explaining a game. I've never been unprepared for a new game.
tankexmortis: Explaining a game, although the patience required is the listener's, not mine.
LancerDeuce: Definitely listening. Though I'm sure I'm just as frustrating to listen to as I explain.
gameguru: Definitely listening.
Jbrady: listening
DnDDmDb: I might be biased, but I would say explaining a game to someone takes more patience.
CrusaderX: Equal actually. :)
Felimid: Sounds pretty equal to me. I don't mind having a new game explained to me; it's alot harder for me, though, to explain what's a new game to someone else (unless it's Roll Through the Ages or TransAmerica or Cribbage, and then it's easy).
Gnislew: I think, that there isn't a big difference between both situations. I can be easy to explain a game, if you have a experienced group of player. But on the other side it can be very hard to explain a simple game like UNO, if you have a non-experienced group. Learning a game needs also sometime more and sometimes less patience. This depends on how good the explaining person is. Most times for me both situations need the same patience.
coasterb: both
CptRavage: The first one
ricardofo: To listen someone
treefrogbandit: explaining to my sister...
heavymetalhamster: Explaining a game to someone new
Itiac Nolcin: a
DKahnt: both
dunne: The latter.
Darilian: Listening. ALWAYS harder to listen than talk.
Wes Hope: First
wifwendell: Listening. I like to explain.
Paragon Games: Neither, play by yourself
Wibblenut: Explaining
cubntin: Listening
Der Ubermolch: Oh, definitely the teaching. This all depends on the other person, of course, but I find teaching harder than learning.
Ivan: Listening as someone explains. Explaining requires little patience at all.
POvidiusNaso: The first.
stannius: explaining a game, if they're not paying attention. if someone is explaining a game to me too slowly i'll tell them to speed it up.
jcarvin: Listening
ZeroZilla: Listening. I have more patience for other people than I do for myself.
Onionking: Someone explaining the game to me.
Butterbane: Explaining a game to someone new
DHEK: Explaining a game to someone new... unless you've got a very short attention span - then the latter might be tougher.
Beyak: explaining to someone new
aleo09: explaining
monkeyrobot: I don´t know. I´m always the guy explaining the rules.
martybjsg: Listening while someone explains a new game to me.
baldrick: Listening - definitely.
cluegirl: explaining,...i tried to teach clue to my gramma,...holy shit!
greglios: Explaining a game to someone new. Definitely.
MaksimSmelchak: I'd say they're about equal in patience requirements.
AngieBaby: listening while someone explains to you
nibuen: listening
Avatar_69: Listening. or explaining when people are interrupting
vampywife: listening while someone explains a new game to me
mrspank: The latter.
Chris Page: Listening while someone badly explains a game to a third person.
kinetic: Explaining
natemike: Explaining a game to someone new.
Kazin: Explaining it.
Janiv: Explaining a game to someone new
[Deleted user]: ...I'd have to say listening while someone explains a new game to me...my learning style is that I have to go through something visually and completely before I understand it...rules don't work as a pre-cursor to a game...
bekudno: Explaining. Especially when somebody keeps asking questions that you aren't ready to explain yet.
BiscuitTheCat: listening
SenorOcho: Listening while someone explains a game to someone else new.
brainrob: Listening to a Myers Briggs "S" type explaining a game to me ...
mats-k: Listening
javelin98: Listening
DWTripp: Listening
dakarp: Generally explaining, but it depends on who is listening and who is explaining.
ststrat: Listening while someone who doesn't understand a game explain it to me incorrectly.
Jeshko: Listening. I'd much rather read the rulebook a couple times myself.
sourwyrm: explaining
Lord_Prussian: For me, usually listening
bored: listening
Windopaene: listening
AWildEep: Explaining.
The Unbeliever: 42
Igmatto: Listening to it being explained to me
BaSL: 2.
ThatFalafelGirl: Explaining. i'd rather get a rough overview and get into the game, i learn better by doing than hearing.
yossarians: listening
MisterCranky: Listening
thoia: Explaining a game, learning a new game is exciting to me.
ikeafetishist: listening. the creativity required for explaining things makes the time go by faster.
KnobDoctor: Listening. I already know how to play the game I'm explaining.
Karlsen: The latter
skrutsch: Depends who it is.
snoozefest: former
shumyum: I enjoy both activities. The worst is listening to someone explain the game to someone else who is new the game when you aren't new to the game.
4wire: explaining to impatient other.
nexttothemoon: Listening by FAR...I'd hate to listen to myself explain a new game.
Kubilai: Depends. If the listener is of short attention span or simply unwilling, it requires a lot of patience to explain, if the teacher is confused without concept, it takes patience to learn.
King_Custard: listening
heli: latter (good question)
jmagnini: explaining to somebody else
2amp: i never get a new game explained. i just dive in & play it...
batman: explaining a game to someone new. It's harder than it looks.
fubar awol: listening
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: the former
gnomehome: Explaining
AlorielLelyn: Listening
m_r_tyler: The latter.
tragicpoet: Explaining, I catch on very fast and think that everyone else should too
onky: listening
thugbert: listening
Dave: Definitely listening. I have a hard time concentrating while listening, and I am an excellent instructor.
Grimwold: secret option 3... listening to someone else explain a game I know to a third person
fsumarc: doing the explaining
Blackwind: listenting to someone explain.
Bluenose: The former, especially if there's a TV on somewhere...
fellonmyhead: Explaining.
puffinge: listening
djflippy: Explaining
sumo: The latter.
isolated: Listening.
wiz8mom: Listening - I want to play.....NOW.
P.O.G.G.: listening - because then I'm learning
madmattuk: Listening
chaddyboy_2000: Listening.
netfilterz: Listening is usually harder.
Belash: explaining the game
BobDodgerBlue: Getting one explained to me
hibikir: Listening to someone explaining a new game to someone else.
dietevil: listening to the explanation
raolsson: A
WasQ: explaining a game to someone, specially if this one is new to the hobby...
CortexBomb: Doing the explaining. I love having new rules explained to me, but teaching can really become old hat, especially if I have to do it for the same game 3 or 4 times
Ludocrazy: Listening
louiseh: The second.
skelebone: Explaining a game... especially since my wife's eyes will roll out of her head while I do so.
CDRodeffer: Either one might depending upon the situation.
ValJor: First option
djlg: Listening while a game is being explained.
ynnen: Listening while someone else explains -- teaching a new game is usually my role.
Drewcooter: Explaining the Game
jttm: Explaining to someone
Shakar: The later.