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Fortunately, I play with real people and not imaginary friends. :LOL: I really think that that particular player would be much better served finding a group that meshes better with their playstyle than trying to alter the play of a group to fit them. There's just too many games out there that...

Look. I'm not beating them with a stick and calling them names. Snatching their books from their hands and grinding their dice under my boot. I'm just setting the parameters of the game I'm willing to run. It's a simple as that. Them showing up in no way dictates what I can and cannot run. Just...

Noooo, I did the work and this is the game I'm running. That guy, Hussar, right over there is running the game you'd like. So you'd be better served sitting at his table. "I showed up to your game so you have to do what I say." Bleh. And, yes, I noticed you so blissfully skipped the part that...

The fact that a player dragged themselves into my game entitles them to exactly nothing.

Because I'm a living, breathing customer as well who does the lion's share of work for the campaign and he/she doesn't trump me. A player who puts himself over others isn't a player the hobby really needs. And it's not what I'm serving. It's not what I said I'd serve. On top of which, I'm...

LoL. It's like Del Taco in Los Angeles. Chicken strips, tacos, french fries, burritos and hamburgers all on the same menu. Freaked me out first time I saw it! Sometimes that's tasty to mix and match!

This is usually my baseline as well. But I make sure that's known before someone sits down at my "table." I'm the same way with other games. By keeping things at the PHB (or Corebook or whatever), it makes it easier for me and, sometimes, removes some decision paralysis from the players.

I guess where I'm failing to understand arguments is when "the Player goes and finds another game" is a bad thing. I think it's a very good thing! That way everybody gets what they want or, at least, doesn't have to get something they don't.

As am I. I'm just not hip on the whole "the DM must accommodate." Part of a reasonable compromise is: We find other people to play with and there's no hard feeling.s As a player, I've gone to games where I didn't like something about it. Sometimes it's race selection. Sometimes other things. I...

Except that's not the restaurant (5e Game) I created and advertised. I made and advertised a Korean Restaurant (A flavor of D&D). I did not create and advertise an International Delights Restaurants to tastes the flavors from around the world. You (general) may not like my menu selection, but...

Ugh. I don't think I'm voicing my thoughts correctly. I'm thinking kinda like this: I'm opening a Korean Restaurant with certain dishes on the menu (making a campaign with certain allowable races). I invite a diner to my restaurant (player to my campaign) that they know serves Korean food (has...

The player who can't play within the bounds of the races available within the campaign is being unreasonable.

I, as the DM, have no such onus. If the player doesn't want to play in my campaign, they have that power. They do not, however, have to power to insist on something in my campaign. Nor do I have an obligation to change my campaign or world to fit their desires. They have the ultimate power to...

Except that, as a DM, I typically have WAY more players asking to play than I need. So Mr. Bullywug and Mr Frog can go find another group that better fits their play style. I'm still gonna have way more players than I need. In short, that ain't even close to a threat.

Possibly? But someone had to come first and make "mistakes" for others to learn from. Myself, I don't particularly like sidebars as they pull me from what I'm reading or I continue to read and forget to go back to the sidebar. But that's just me, which I freely admit.

Sure. But if the following are your examples: You've only proved that 5e can do many things adequately, but not particularly well. And yes, I've played Carbon 2185, Ultramodern 5e, SW5e, and several others. However, the GAME PLAY of different systems varies wildly. I can't think of anyone who...

Sci-fi followed closely by post apoc (but humorously, like Fallout). Fantasy is easy for me, but not my favorite.

What people and how many? A vocal minority does not a majority make.

Has it really been that long?! Where are the years running off to? Why is life speeding up the closer I get to the end?!?!?

I'm just trying to figure out your argument/statement. I'm not trying to be condescending or fighting with you. You said this: To which he said: And your answer is this? I'm guessing that your argument is not that people don't make generic systems anymore but that people tend not to make...