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<blockquote data-quote="hunter1828" data-source="post: 1087084" data-attributes="member: 11111">I've been gaming for 25 years.&nbsp; In that time I have met more than my fair share of gamers that:Could not even total their attack roles without using a calculator.Could not come up with a plot idea/character background without blatantly ripping off a movie, novel, or comic book.Could not role-play in any true sense other than saying &quot;I swing my [insert random weapon]!&quot;And those are just three of the things I've experienced.&nbsp; There has been much worse.&nbsp; Like the guy who told me that his male human character will rape any female character with a charisma of 16 or better.&nbsp; Real creative.&nbsp; I got up and walked out of that game.How many Drizzt clones are there in various games?&nbsp; Elric clones?&nbsp; Conan clones?&nbsp; Frodo?&nbsp; Tons.&nbsp; Not very creative.&nbsp; It's fine to borrow from your favorite movies, books and comics, but too many people just change a name and run with that.&nbsp; Not very creative.There are, of course, exceptions.&nbsp; There are many, many, many fine, creative, intelligent players and DMs.&nbsp; I've met my fair share of them, too.&nbsp; I miss playing with some of them.&nbsp; But I'm not so sure, after 25 years, that they actually outnumber the others.&nbsp; They might be equal in numbers, but I don't think they truly outnumber them.hunter1828</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hunter1828, post: 1087084, member: 11111"] I've been gaming for 25 years. In that time I have met more than my fair share of gamers that: Could not even total their attack roles without using a calculator. Could not come up with a plot idea/character background without blatantly ripping off a movie, novel, or comic book. Could not role-play in any true sense other than saying "I swing my [insert random weapon]!" And those are just three of the things I've experienced. There has been much worse. Like the guy who told me that his male human character [b]will[/b] rape any female character with a charisma of 16 or better. Real creative. I got up and walked out of that game. How many Drizzt clones are there in various games? Elric clones? Conan clones? Frodo? Tons. Not very creative. It's fine to borrow from your favorite movies, books and comics, but too many people just change a name and run with that. Not very creative. There are, of course, exceptions. There are many, many, many fine, creative, intelligent players and DMs. I've met my fair share of them, too. I miss playing with some of them. But I'm not so sure, after 25 years, that they actually outnumber the others. They might be equal in numbers, but I don't think they truly outnumber them. hunter1828 [/QUOTE]

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