Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 9442557" data-attributes="member: 1008">I find this part of the discussion interesting because, while I can agree that tighter language may serve to reduce player-DM friction, I feel that this is at best going to reduce the issues slightly, not eliminate them, and the ideal solution must surely be to have participants that aren't working at cross-purposes or antagonistically in the first place.The thing is, it seems to me that many of the people who want the tighter language genuinely don't believe it's actually possible for groups to exist where there is a strong sense of trust and mutual respect, where players aren't expecting the GM to be screwing them over and ruining their fun, and where GMs don't feel players are willing to do anything it takes, in game or out, to gain an advantage at the expense of the fun.And if they really do believe such groups can't exist, then I can kind of understand why they would look to rules for help (even though, if I felt such groups couldn't exist, my solution would be to cease playing and find a less frustrating hobby).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 9442557, member: 1008"] I find this part of the discussion interesting because, while I can agree that tighter language may serve to reduce player-DM friction, I feel that this is at best going to reduce the issues slightly, not eliminate them, and the ideal solution must surely be to have participants that aren't working at cross-purposes or antagonistically in the first place. The thing is, it seems to me that many of the people who want the tighter language genuinely don't believe it's actually possible for groups to exist where there is a strong sense of trust and mutual respect, where players aren't expecting the GM to be screwing them over and ruining their fun, and where GMs don't feel players are willing to do anything it takes, in game or out, to gain an advantage at the expense of the fun. And if they really do believe such groups can't exist, then I can kind of understand why they would look to rules for help (even though, if I felt such groups couldn't exist, my solution would be to cease playing and find a less frustrating hobby). [/QUOTE]

Verification