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Eh. The trust argument cuts both ways, so doesn't usually support one side of this kind of argument over the other.

That's probably fine if you only think you'll need them once. More than that I'd like a little consistency.

It's going to vary from player to player, for exactly the same reason that why the world was built without tortles is going to vary from...

To make it clear up front, contrary to what it might have seemed from my posts, I'm probably closer to Belen in how I approach GMing...

I think it's also relevant who your players are. I only play with friends and we have a longstanding group. If I describe a campaign...

Fair enough, in that case it simply seems like quite a stretch, even if it wasn't intended to be insulting. I don't see any value in...

Really? Telling people who disagree with you that it's probably just because they're closet furries is going to advance the...

And to the people wanting to play one who want a specific look and feel "Here, play this other thing that seems close enough to me" is...

I'd say if some of the suggestions ("Let's come out with a way to have one as a stranger from Somewhere Else") is "demanding...

But they aren't insisting on 100% in some of the cases I saw. Its just that the 1% you're fussy about is also the 1% they are. Your...

As I've noted, I don't think that's the question here. I think @SableWyvern was much closer to it in his post upthread.

I think it’s perfectly OK to phrase “this behavior indicates this GM and I will clash” as a “red flag”. After all, a red flag isn’t a...

Though as a fan of 50's SF movies, that's hit or miss. Modern viewers tend to be a lot more tolerant of Forbidden Planet than Them.

And again, you've suggested player capitulation is a compromise when its not. You really don't get to have it both ways. Either people...

No, I think there are people on both sides who think they've suggested are compromises. Its just that the exemplars on the other side...