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It's not that subjective. If the DM engages in behaviour that would drive a player to another game that is exactly the same except it...

Maybe "bad" means something other than "abusive or controlling."

What the hell are you talking about? Agree with me re: what? Did I set that binary you mention?

Perhaps not the same type of bad...but they're all bad in their own way.

Being called bad, when you yourself recognize that you are bad, is insulting? Heck, being called bad at something is insulting? As in...

I guess because some people here think fewer than 3 out of every 100 DMs are bad...if one can't see they might be bad, they are less...

One needs a certain amount of self-reflective ability and modesty to look back and see one's faults...whether looking back 20 years or...

Maybe you can have one chart. The examples given are all examples of being bad at DMing; they might each have a different value (the...

And, so, we're back to blaming players. A player cannot possibly know if a DM is good or bad. Any player who voices such an opinion...

ROTFLMAO. ANyone on the "downward slope" of the bell curve (at least the side that is literally not as good as average) is somehow not...

Is it just as you don't like the word "bad"? As with most things, you have to have 'ranks'. To say "everyone is average" is not every...

Not at all. I'm saying a LOT of DMs overvalue their own greatness. Convinced they DON'T make mistakes, don't have anything new to learn...

No. That's just... no. There are tons of DM's out there that are bad at the game. Not because they are abusing women or remaining in...

Then perhaps you should consider the hypothetical when several other people are telling you that your experience is not as universal as...

Let me ask a question: what is gained in these instances by using alignment? Why not just focus on desires, choices and actions? How...