GameOgre
Adventurer
I am the OP's friend with the theory!
Context:
I own every published physical 5th edition product so far and l have them all on Beyond. I have played in or run every AP so far and am currently DMing DotMM (Level 14), run a 9 table Adventurers League night, co-host a D&D (not actual play) podcast and spend countless €€€€ on out of print and third party products every month. I am as hardcore a fan as it gets really!
What streamers represent is a rarified version of a playstyle that Wizards are trying to cater for. Witness the Season 8 AL modules, particulary Once in Waterdeep and the first two Tier 1 trilogies. They explicity push a type of slapstick, extra playstyle. The OP, I guess, is saying that this drive to cater for heavy RP doesn't suit everyone and is part of a move to cater to a wider audience. And again, while that particular playstyle isn't for me, if it means continued health and expansion of the game I will suffer the move to cater for it.
Any time you tell someone that they are playing the wrong game, even with your preface of 'I don't want to be a jerk but' I think you need to have a bit of a look at yourself.
Nope.Because a great many people do indeed play the wrong game. They spend years for a wide number of reasons playing a game or edition that really doesn't suite them. They get upset and frustrated often not knowing what is wrong only that something doesn't work right.
I was not saying that for any other reason than perhaps there might be a small chance that he is one of those"going by his issues" and the even smaller chance he would take anyone's advice from a online message board,
I find it strange in fact that you would make your last statement.
That is just crazy. If I told you I really wanted to play a tactical game of war and was frustrated that go fish was so hard to get to work like that...you would tell me to keep playing?Any time you tell someone that they are playing the wrong game,
There are a ton of different rpg's of all kinds of styles and flavors, it is no crime to suggest that someone might be playing a game not well suited to them and that perhaps they should try out another one.
Having heard other people make those same remarks and then finally after much aggravation changing games and becoming much more happy with there rpg. I figured i might try and see if I could save the man some time.