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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 4478739" data-attributes="member: 29112">Well, firstly, sorry about the tone of my last post - it was a bit unnecessary, now I think about it - and secondly, thank you for being so reasonable in response. Much appreciated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />To answer your question though, I honestly haven't seen any evidence supporting that view. As in, things haven't gone that way, in my own experiences. But if they have for you, and (most likely) for others too, well, I guess there must be something to it. Sometimes, anyway. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm&nbsp; &nbsp; :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />I've seen people try to 'game the system' with B/X, with 1e, with 3e, and with other completely different systems and settings besides. And, for each of those - rules-light through to rules-heavy - I've also come across a lot of not gaming the system going on. More and more, in later times (gods or whatever be praised.)It just strikes me that (IMO, IME and all the rest) a powergamer will um, powergame, regardless. Or try to, as best they might. And, on the other hand, those not inclined to, just won't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 4478739, member: 29112"] Well, firstly, sorry about the tone of my last post - it was a bit unnecessary, now I think about it - and secondly, thank you for being so reasonable in response. Much appreciated. :) To answer your question though, I honestly haven't seen any evidence supporting that view. As in, things haven't gone that way, in my own experiences. But if they have for you, and (most likely) for others too, well, I guess there must be something to it. Sometimes, anyway. :erm: I've seen people try to 'game the system' with B/X, with 1e, with 3e, and with other completely different systems and settings besides. And, for each of those - rules-light through to rules-heavy - I've also come across a lot of [I]not[/I] gaming the system going on. More and more, in later times (gods or whatever be praised.) It just strikes me that (IMO, IME and all the rest) a powergamer will um, powergame, regardless. Or try to, as best they might. And, on the other hand, those not inclined to, just won't. [/QUOTE]

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