Pvt. Winslow's latest activity

Sandbox play is a lie. In the end the players always end up doing what the DM presents. There….i said it. 🤗

giving something up that you want doesn't automatically rocket you to 'being unhappy', you may give up something you want and be less...

this is a wild perspective to me, i have never known 'fine' to have been anything equivalent to 'unhappy', i know that people when...

In having a personal first choice, how can it not be a compromise? I wrote what I wrote for a reason...

This still depends on there being good for the perfect to be an enemy of. Again: let's say I personally find playing 3.5e to be...

That reminds me of what the philosopher Jagger once said...

This is learned or taught behavior though. People are being told that they have a right to their happiness and that compromise is bad...

I stopped being a DM for games that do not interest me. I spent years running games because I felt it was my duty to ensure that my...

No, it is not true. Sometimes, everyone actually is HAPPY with a compromise. It isn't always possible, but it does happen. Your...

no, they're not trolling, they're making a good point and i can see exactly where they're coming from, "a good compromise is where both...

But it is, and I will die on this hill. Actual compromise means negotiating. And, yes, sometimes that means you won't be...

Okay. If you can't sell your players a pig when it's not forced upon them by the system, why should you expect to be able to? I...

To be clear: Are you saying, in long form, "Stop playing D&D. It isn't for you. It's for me."? And, for the record: I tried. For a...

I mean it's actually both. It's incorrect for the reasons I gave. "Compromise" where everyone is actively unhappy about it directly...

Nope, as much as the pessimists would like it to be so, that ain't it. That is actually (close to) the definition of détente. A pause...