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Sure. But it still has some of the problems you always had (in terms of availability of games--the fact there's a much larger pool to...

It may well reduce the incidence of problems, however. In fact, in some cases I'll outright say its likely a given. I just think in...

But they are expecting bad things from their GMs, because they've often seen it plenty of times. They just aren't expecting the GM to...

This is only true when everyone A) Has equal access to remote play, and B) finds it at all acceptable. Neither of those is as...

I think there's something to this, but its also good to understand that people are often really bad at expressing expectations. That's...

That's your choice, but you don't have to imply or state that people who do are only doing so because they expect their GMs to be...

I won't speak for others, but there's a reason I normally get right in there when I see hyperbole showing up; I've rarely seen it...

My point it, sometimes the solution to problems is not to go elsewhere but to fix the one you're with. There's nothing about "The only...

And again, semantically loaded. Which is usually the point in hyperbole.

In some cases. But let's not act like one player has as much impact on the game or has as much ability to push back as the GM here.

You, of all people, are going to suggest that's always an easy solution for everyone when one game dominates the hobby as much as it is...

What do you think hyperbole is?

I have to note that the use of "bury" in this sentence is semantically loaded as can be.

I don't expect perfection. I do think its a valid attempt to reduce bad experiences caused by bad decisions. The latter does not...

The key word in this post it "try". There are plenty of people who try to do things that they end up failing at with various degrees of...