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<blockquote data-quote="DumbPaladin" data-source="post: 5590618" data-attributes="member: 90770">I am pretty much saying exactly that.&nbsp; Someone else mentioned, with a sad face, the mentality of players that want to &quot;win&quot; D&amp;D -- a solo win in a cooperative game.&nbsp; The only way you can win a team game WITHOUT everyone winning equally is at the expense of the team.I do believe, from lots of reading and personal experience, that powergamers are exactly this kind of person.&nbsp; They can be very destructive to a healthy group that wants to work together, because they want to stand out from the crowd and dominate anything and everything the DM puts before them.I reiterate the &quot;interview a bunch of them&quot; comment, which was the best part of my post, because it's simple logic.&nbsp; You can't understand people without knowing those people.&nbsp; Talk to them, find out what makes them tick, what they enjoy about a game, what they care about &amp; don't care about, and how they view the relationship between DM and player.That'll probably give you your answer as to how to not look down on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DumbPaladin, post: 5590618, member: 90770"] I am pretty much saying exactly that. Someone else mentioned, with a sad face, the mentality of players that want to "win" D&D -- a solo win in a cooperative game. The only way you can win a team game WITHOUT everyone winning equally is at the expense of the team. I do believe, from lots of reading and personal experience, that powergamers are exactly this kind of person. They can be very destructive to a healthy group that wants to work together, because they want to stand out from the crowd and dominate anything and everything the DM puts before them. I reiterate the "interview a bunch of them" comment, which was the best part of my post, because it's simple logic. You can't understand people without knowing those people. Talk to them, find out what makes them tick, what they enjoy about a game, what they care about & don't care about, and how they view the relationship between DM and player. That'll probably give you your answer as to how to not look down on them. [/QUOTE]

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