AlViking's latest activity

I very much doubt that. Because you can't lump them all under the same umbrella. Or rather, you can, but then you have to have...

People who are good at things don't need to improve still !?!?!? Does your scale not include an amazing, fantastic, or even just very...

I made mistakes aplenty when I was starting out, but I've never been a bad DM. When I made a mistake, I learned from it and tried not...

So if we don't agree with you we're bad DMs? Not exactly the most convincing argument in the world.

I wasn't a great DM when I first started, but none of us were. Meanwhile we all had fun, no one was abusive or controlling so I don't...

It isn't about academically accurate language. It is about using language that suggests a point is backed with greater weight or...

As you say, this is not an academic setting. But over half way through my third decade as a psychometrician and statistician it's a pet...

No. Below average is below average. It is a statement about statistics, regarding some defined metric. "Good" and "bad" are...

I agree but in groups I've been involved with the bad player is easier to deal with because they stop getting invited to the game.

I'm not going to quibble about average vs median but approximately half of DMs are not bad in my opinion (assuming there was an...

No, not back to blaming players. I never stopped blaming them. At least as often as DMs. Why would bad players get a pass? Look, you...

Poor. Not bad. They are poor at the game, not a bad person. Bad DMs are jerks who abuse their authority. Short of that, you aren't a...

I have to agree with @AlViking here that being slightly below average at something is not any definition of bad I have encountered...

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Twisting my words and ignoring large swaths of what I said is not a great way to engage in a debate. I thought I addressed what my...