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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 6164093" data-attributes="member: 93930"><p>You're welcome to that point of view if you want it. I do, however, think you're wrong. Was my post sharply worded? Absolutely. Was it personal? I don't think so. It was an honest review of my reaction when I read the character sheet: a sinking feeling. And I know myself well enough to know that I do not want to play with that character.</p><p></p><p>But as to whether my post was wholly unnecessary, I couldn't disagree more. This is not a character issue so much as a playstyle issue. The character under discussion used a bunch of wonky rules and loopholes to chain together an arguably abusive game mechanic. The discussion to that point had focused on the legality of the particular game mechanic. It has not addressed the larger issue, which is that, in my opinion, <u>the playstyle that would generate such a mechanic in the first place is possibly not a great fit for LPF</u>. So we could have (a) argued about the legality of game mechanics on character after character until everyone was exasperated or (b) we could switch over to a discussion that gets to the actual issue. I chose (b). I made my point of view clear (I hope), and then suggested a thorough examination of my position to see whether it matched his own.</p><p></p><p>Look, I'm not trying to scare people away or to be a jerk for the sake of being a jerk. What I <u>do</u> want is for people to be honest with not only us but with themselves about what they want out of a game. And I want people to understand that what they want may or may not match the wants of the community that we have here. It's not a big deal if it doesn't -- different strokes and all that -- but playing a game with a playstyle that doesn't match your own only makes everyone miserable. And I don't want that for LPF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Systole, post: 6164093, member: 93930"] You're welcome to that point of view if you want it. I do, however, think you're wrong. Was my post sharply worded? Absolutely. Was it personal? I don't think so. It was an honest review of my reaction when I read the character sheet: a sinking feeling. And I know myself well enough to know that I do not want to play with that character. But as to whether my post was wholly unnecessary, I couldn't disagree more. This is not a character issue so much as a playstyle issue. The character under discussion used a bunch of wonky rules and loopholes to chain together an arguably abusive game mechanic. The discussion to that point had focused on the legality of the particular game mechanic. It has not addressed the larger issue, which is that, in my opinion, [u]the playstyle that would generate such a mechanic in the first place is possibly not a great fit for LPF[/u]. So we could have (a) argued about the legality of game mechanics on character after character until everyone was exasperated or (b) we could switch over to a discussion that gets to the actual issue. I chose (b). I made my point of view clear (I hope), and then suggested a thorough examination of my position to see whether it matched his own. Look, I'm not trying to scare people away or to be a jerk for the sake of being a jerk. What I [u]do[/u] want is for people to be honest with not only us but with themselves about what they want out of a game. And I want people to understand that what they want may or may not match the wants of the community that we have here. It's not a big deal if it doesn't -- different strokes and all that -- but playing a game with a playstyle that doesn't match your own only makes everyone miserable. And I don't want that for LPF. [/QUOTE]
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