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[doctorbadwolf]

No, I'm saying they failed becuase diving straight into the deep end - for which you were advocating - isn't for everyone.

That’s the same thing as what I just asked if you were saying, so, that’s a “yes”.

Okay. I’ve never seen it happen but the world contains more things and types of people than I’ll ever encounter in person.

 

[Reynard]

That’s the same thing as what I just asked if you were saying, so, that’s a “yes”.

Okay. I’ve never seen it happen but the world contains more things and types of people than I’ll ever encounter in person.

As a multi-decade veteran of rpgs (like most of the rest of us here) I have failed to launch a campaign because I took on too much work in the prep stage. I'm not saying that's universal, just that it isn't particularly weird.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The people who play the least gatekeep the most.

 

[Reynard]

The people who play the least gatekeep the most.

It's because they obsess. Navel gazing in any field creates this phenomenon. We, as humans, are really good at talking ourselves into alternate realities if no outside voices interrupt us. And social media bubbles just exacerbate the problem.

Real talk: one of the reasons I prefer message boards (besides nostalgia, me being old) is that I am regularly challenged. That isn't to say there aren't "challenging" users I don't mute, but that's relatively rare and not based on them making me think about the thing I just typed. In general, those here that challenge me do so to my benefit.

 

[Autumnal]

The people who play the least gatekeep the most.

I really learned this lesson while writing for White Wolf. Gradually we freelancers learned that there are common online debate topics that literally never come up in play, while a bunch of important play concerns seldom or never attract online attention. (One very good reason to make sure we were running or playing in our own games and talking with others doing the same.)

 

[doctorbadwolf]

As a multi-decade veteran of rpgs (like most of the rest of us here) I have failed to launch a campaign because I took on too much work in the prep stage. I'm not saying that's universal, just that it isn't particularly weird.

Okay.

 

[CleverNickName]

The people who play the least gatekeep the most.

There's a very good reason for that.

Those who gatekeep the most, tend to have the fewest friends to play with.

 

[MGibster]

I think though the people who are really touchy are the ones who are wrong. I got beat up as a kid because I had a Boston accent when I moved to the west coast (there was a very concrete 'correct way to talk' over there). I think anyone who gets that angry over another person's way of talking (whether it is over an accent, over a person using different syntax because of regional dialect or because they are speaking in a second language) can build whatever rational they want to justify their overeaction. But it is still an overreaction.

I was working in one of the state archives, and someone came in asking for any information we had on Bayou Meadow. I looked up and down for anything related to Bayou Meadow and had to tell them that we had nothing. Turns out it's spelled Bayou Meto and that person must have left thinking I was an idiot.

 

[MGibster]

Honor and reputation should matter just as much in settings inspired by the West as they do in settings inspired by the East.

 

[Reynard]

Honor and reputation should matter just as much in settings inspired by the West as they do in settings inspired by the East.

Or as little. "Honor" as it relates to Eastern settings is usually just orientalism.