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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 5147901" data-attributes="member: 4720">I would put it to you all that Hussar's position is more common among the general population and even the general run of gamers than the position that the GM would want or need to step seriously into a design arena.I've said it before, but the GM commitment around here is leaps and bounds beyond anything I've ever seen in real life.Either most people who post regularly here are several deviations better than the mean for engagement and skill, or every single person I've played with in real life is several deviations below the mean.The odds that I've stumbled into that many bad groups by chance are low.  The odds that an online community has attracted a niche group of relatively hardcore gamers.... much higher.There is no point in designing games towards people who are willing to re-design.  Design to someone a bit less skilled than that and let the re-designers do what they will do anyway.</blockquote>