How likely would you be to utilize a paid GURPS GM, and what would you expect?

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Originally Posted by FF_Ninja

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My question has three parts:
[*]Would you be at all interested in utilizing a professional GM for GURPS?

Not just, "no," but, "hell no."

If I want a GURPS campaign, and nobody else wants to run one, I'll set it up, myself.
I enjoy world-building for its own sake, and have no shortage of players.

As for taking money to GM a game, that's an even more emphatic, "Hell, no!"
Table-top RPGs are supposed take place collaboratively, amongst friends who like and respect one another.

Compensation, in the form of anything other than a plate of food and a drink, is not something that should happen, between friends.

[*]If you did hire a GM, what kind of skills and expertise would you expect them to bring to the table?

That would never happen, but I'd expect them to put at least as much time into world-building as I do, and (hopefully) know the rules, even better than me.

[*]What kind of wage do you think a GM should earn?

None. This is a silly notion.