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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6624053" data-attributes="member: 15700">This.&nbsp; I'm a day late in responding to GMFPG's quote of mine, but this is basically it.&nbsp; The problem with your analogy GM is that you're missing the very important fact that everyone has the same options and same choice of what they want.&nbsp; To fix your analogy to be correct, it would be:Everyone gets a choice to get 3 pieces of pizza, or you can go through the line and take a chance that you you can get 4, but you might get 2.&nbsp; If you all choose the safe 3, and Jimmy takes a risk and gets 4, complaining that it isn't fair isn't a very adult thing to do.&nbsp; It would be like me complaining that Joe got a better return on his investment than me when I kept&nbsp; my $ in a bond and he invested it in a stock that took off.&nbsp; It would be childish of me to blame Joe for my lack of risk taking choices.*edit*&nbsp; And if you all are told what method would be used and agree to it, then you don't have a right to complain either because everyone was given the same opportunity.&nbsp; I.e., the very definition of fairness.&nbsp; The result of something does not determine if something is fair or not.&nbsp; It's the opportunity that does.&nbsp; And as mentioned, if you don't like that, then there's nothing stopping you from playing with a DM who uses rules you do like, or from DMing a game yourself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6624053, member: 15700"] This. I'm a day late in responding to GMFPG's quote of mine, but this is basically it. The problem with your analogy GM is that you're missing the very important fact that everyone has the same options and same choice of what they want. To fix your analogy to be correct, it would be: Everyone gets a choice to get 3 pieces of pizza, or you can go through the line and take a chance that you you can get 4, but you might get 2. If you all choose the safe 3, and Jimmy takes a risk and gets 4, complaining that it isn't fair isn't a very adult thing to do. It would be like me complaining that Joe got a better return on his investment than me when I kept my $ in a bond and he invested it in a stock that took off. It would be childish of me to blame Joe for my lack of risk taking choices. *edit* And if you all are told what method would be used and agree to it, then you don't have a right to complain either because everyone was given the same opportunity. I.e., the very definition of fairness. The result of something does not determine if something is fair or not. It's the opportunity that does. And as mentioned, if you don't like that, then there's nothing stopping you from playing with a DM who uses rules you do like, or from DMing a game yourself. [/QUOTE]

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