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The best thing about using this nebulous average as some sort of benchmark, is that everyone can improve, and still the same percentage...

That's the second time you've referenced someone using power word castrate. I'm starting to wonder what circles you run in....

Yes, seriously, it's insulting, for several reasons. It's not constructive in any way. It doesn't tell you how to be better. It's...

I think this might be what you're running into, because, yes, if someone else directly called me bad at something, especially to my face...

When the DM asks for help. If they don't want help, or don't agree they need it, then it's probably time to bounce. Can't force someone...

I love alignment. If I play some game that doesn't use it I add it back in. Monster statblocks that don't have alignment annoy me. I...

I'm not sure what label would be correct, but they do represent different approaches and trains of thought. One view is that there is...

When 9% of the people responding to a poll say that all or almost all of the DM's they have ever had were bad, and one person far...

This came up before about Matt. Clealy he's got mad skill, creative flair, and many people love his games, but I'm wirh you. The...

1 out of 4 DMs are boring sociopaths with orc fetishes. I don't see how anyone could possibly disagree with that.

Whether or not a game is boring is subjective. Some people thrive on high risk campaigns even those that include tropes I would...

Can we then politely ask that you not conflate your opinion of what bad means with an objective standard? Because that's what most of...

I was the one who decided it because I will never run a game with evil characters or even participate in a game where evil characters...

I "drove a player to another game" because I don't allow evil characters. I don't like running games for evil characters and I have...

OK, so it's a battle over semantics. Perhaps if we change the words we're using, we'll realize that our positions aren't that far off...