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They aren't strictly necessary. There are many substitutes you can use instead.

In any message, there's a potential for problems in the sender and receiver. There's only so much I can do, and I realize that I'm not entirely responsible for what other people think. I can only do my best. It wasn't enough with you, so I leave it at that.

Well, I think I did. I see the question you posed as demonstrating exactly how hard it is to arbitrate such a conflict. That's why I have no problem with a rule against name-calling. It avoids the conflict which tends to occur in the situations your hypothetical described. Instead of...

Buy the Starter box. If you enjoy it, great, if not, well, it's less than 20 bucks and an evening. For four players, that's less than one movie.

Do not feel ashamed because you can't handle everything to the satisfaction of others around you. They may or may not try to make you feel that way, but if they do, it's their problem not yours. Taking a break, quitting, it's all reasonable behavior. There's nothing wrong with saying no...

I believe it means nothing for me as the person running the game. I'll go with the "It means something for WoTC" which may or may not mean anything for me.

Evil adds a complication to the game, that's difficult to manage. I respect people who choose to avoid that trouble. Even most people who accept evil campaigns have things that are many examples of particularly "heinous" things that just cause too much trouble in the real world. I'll...

I can appreciate that it's hard to follow a long involved conversation. It's a difficult task, and if you fail, you can be offensive without meaning to be. This is one of those cases. I just don't feel you're understanding me fairly, but are judging me. I'd rather you not do so, but all I...

Players who have to have long, involved, dialogs between them and the GM, going over minutiae such as while shopping, leaving the rest of us watching their theatrics for what seems like hours on end. I know it happens sometimes without meaning, but there are some who force it. Which is pretty...

Well, it is possible the Halfilng was l ying, but I see nothing meaningful about the Hobgoblins running. They could have seen the party was more than a match for them and went to go get help.

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I don't. I take the attempt to relate my point of view to a psychological issue as an attempt to make something a personal matter. Why? Because that's a deliberate comment on my individual nature in a negative fashion. It relates directly to my person, and in an insulting way. Don't you...

I said this already actually: Do note, I'm not necessarily giving a full accounting of the conversations I have in real life, where I would share at least a summary of the reasons. Did you not see it, and apply that same reasoning to the what I said in the paragraph above? Would it have...

Really? I think it's because I'm foolish enough to keep replying when I know better, and am not strong-willed enough to avoid this conflict which just leads to things like this. Unfair characterizations of me, from people on the internet who would rather judge and condemn me, without seeing...

I'm sorry you feel that was name-calling. I was just explaining the situation, namely each of us believes the other to be at fault. You think I wasn't sufficiently clear. I think you made unwarranted assumptions. My attempt to explain it has convinced you that I was calling you names. I'm...

Seems to me there's a bit of a mix-up here, because they aren't preventing the problem of gaming, but by your own words, excluding gamers. I don't keep out people who drink alcohol from my games, I keep people from drinking the alcohol at my games. Two different things. And as I said before...

I'd pass on the steak to be honest. But my dietary restrictions and preferences are none of your concern, so I'll refrain from further details. You don't need to know what I eat or why, and if you want, you can imagine whatever reasons you like. If there's anybody not able to come up with...

If I said "No name callings" would you call it a personal judgment? I wouldn't. If you do, then I'll have to go back to we're in two different worlds, and obviously they're not compatible.

I wouldn't be foolish enough to go to such a BBQ without asking. If you said there was going to be drinking, I'd suggest you run a one-shot or a fun-game rather than an on-going campaign session. If you said you'd make sure nobody over-indulged, and that you were prepared to deal with anybody...

Sorry, I was trying to avoid using the word "argument" and I think my switching to the word discussion was misleading. I have a discussion with them. I just don't get into a long involved one. In other words, I don't try to convince anyone to change their ways. I keep things short and...