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Have they? I'd need actual quotes to believe that.

So because there is a small handful of bad DMs out there that do any one of those things, all DMs are suspect. Same old same old.

I've had players at the table that ruined the experience for others. Fortunately rare but sadly occurs just as often or more often than...

There's a great deal of advice in the DMG on respect for the DM, but also respect for the players. That you should listen to your...

Again I don't care but stop trying to make out this playstyle which was almost the universal style at the games founding as radical or...

Yes. When it comes to declaring what is in the world, the DM is always right. If players want to discuss the rules of D&D after the...

The DM tells you what your senses reveal. He is your access to the world. The rules are a combination of childhood experience and...

You have yet to explain how a TTRPG could accurately simulate the risks of climbing a cliff.

I think if other games were as popular as D&D we would have just as many stories of bad GMs, or bad players who ruined the experience of...

It gets brought up as part of other discussions. Say DM authority. One side argues that the DMG gives the DM absolute authority, but...

(Emphasis mine.) Game rules don't enforce themselves, ergo their presence in a text no matter how nested does not guarantee they are...

I've had a lot of mediocre players as well. What's your point? If you don't enjoy playing with someone, do something else with your...

They are that rare. The problem is that with multiple millions of players, there are enough DMs that if even 1 in 100 were like that...

People like to complain, especially on Reddit. If I wanted I could write up a couple of bad experiences myself, but that's because I've...

And this highlights the problem. You highlight a person calling his GM overall good with a single situation complained about as...