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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3862654" data-attributes="member: 10177">Its not &quot;elitism&quot;, its just well developed personal taste.However, &quot;fun&quot; is the ultimate goal of any game. So if your able to realize your tastes are not the same as those your playing with, and accomodate it, then your the one who is becoming a better gamer.I have found it is also a good idea to not play just one system. That leads to fixation. Thats when you get lost in the trees and forget that there is a forest.So I play other games, usually as different as possible. So I like to jump from my C&amp;C/D&amp;D to Shadowrun to Traveller to Mutants and MAsterminds to L5R to Synnibar to HARP to GURPS and back to my C&amp;C/D&amp;D.It keeps me fresh, keeps me open to alternative ways to look at things, and keeps me constantly aware of the fact that D&amp;D isn't the one and only RPG worth playing.It also helped me realize that I was &quot;over controlling&quot;. I was limiting the gold, the magic, etc... In other words, I was limiting the fun and &quot;coolness&quot;. Players want to find the cool stuff, they want to be rich, they want to become powerful, so I give it to them. Slowly so that they stay &quot;hungry&quot;, but they get it. Thats why I run games to Epic levels, etc...They want to fight the vampires, the liches, the dragons, the terrasque, the purple worms, the trolls, the giants, and as many other cool monsters as they can.So I give it to them, eventually.So as long as the game is fun and cool, then yeah, your right, they aren't running it wrong. Just not to your exacting tastes. So then the trick is to relax, let go, and allow yourself to have fun with what is in front of you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 3862654, member: 10177"] Its not "elitism", its just well developed personal taste. However, "fun" is the ultimate goal of any game. So if your able to realize your tastes are not the same as those your playing with, and accomodate it, then your the one who is becoming a better gamer. I have found it is also a good idea to not play just one system. That leads to fixation. Thats when you get lost in the trees and forget that there is a forest. So I play other games, usually as different as possible. So I like to jump from my C&C/D&D to Shadowrun to Traveller to Mutants and MAsterminds to L5R to Synnibar to HARP to GURPS and back to my C&C/D&D. It keeps me fresh, keeps me open to alternative ways to look at things, and keeps me constantly aware of the fact that D&D isn't the one and only RPG worth playing. It also helped me realize that I was "over controlling". I was limiting the gold, the magic, etc... In other words, I was limiting the fun and "coolness". Players want to find the cool stuff, they want to be rich, they want to become powerful, so I give it to them. Slowly so that they stay "hungry", but they get it. Thats why I run games to Epic levels, etc... They want to fight the vampires, the liches, the dragons, the terrasque, the purple worms, the trolls, the giants, and as many other cool monsters as they can. So I give it to them, eventually. So as long as the game is fun and cool, then yeah, your right, they aren't running it wrong. Just not to your exacting tastes. So then the trick is to relax, let go, and allow yourself to have fun with what is in front of you. [/QUOTE]

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