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<blockquote data-quote="Midknightsun" data-source="post: 3864858" data-attributes="member: 46459">I feel your pain.&nbsp; I'm one of those people who like to follow the rules, but don't like it when rules discussion/arguments overshadow the game.&nbsp; I had one such player in my group.&nbsp; He was a good player tactically, but constantly argued with one of our DMs over everything and anything he could, from the way the politics of the world worked, to what his alignment should allow him to do, to what a particular rule should or should not allow the DM to do, to how physics should interact with magic, to how other players should move and or attack, to constantly questioning the DM's logic, to how certain spells werent fair/ or must have been misinterpreted by the DM (if they weren't to his advantage), etc.&nbsp; We spent hours sometimes in arguments that shoulda been dealt with after the fact, or let the DM make his call and move on.&nbsp; I swear the guy would argue about the color of blue if given a chance.It got old, but it took a long time for me to finally have enough, probably because I considered him a good friend (and still do).&nbsp; Many of the group members started to leave because of this, and I followed suit.&nbsp; Some people want to do what they want to do, believe they are absolutely right to do what they do/ and or will work to counter any argument you bring against them and no amount of explaining will change their minds.&nbsp; Some might be more receptive to reason.&nbsp; It all depends.&nbsp; My advice is that if it continues feel free to disengage from the group, but first off make it very clear that their approach is not fun for you, and if it continues, you're not going to see the point in doing something that is stressful/unfun for your free time.Better no gaming at all than bad/unfun gaming, trust me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Midknightsun, post: 3864858, member: 46459"] I feel your pain. I'm one of those people who like to follow the rules, but don't like it when rules discussion/arguments overshadow the game. I had one such player in my group. He was a good player tactically, but constantly argued with one of our DMs over everything and anything he could, from the way the politics of the world worked, to what his alignment should allow him to do, to what a particular rule should or should not allow the DM to do, to how physics should interact with magic, to how other players should move and or attack, to constantly questioning the DM's logic, to how certain spells werent fair/ or must have been misinterpreted by the DM (if they weren't to his advantage), etc. We spent hours sometimes in arguments that shoulda been dealt with after the fact, or let the DM make his call and move on. I swear the guy would argue about the color of blue if given a chance. It got old, but it took a long time for me to finally have enough, probably because I considered him a good friend (and still do). Many of the group members started to leave because of this, and I followed suit. Some people want to do what they want to do, believe they are absolutely right to do what they do/ and or will work to counter any argument you bring against them and no amount of explaining will change their minds. Some might be more receptive to reason. It all depends. My advice is that if it continues feel free to disengage from the group, but first off make it very clear that their approach is not fun for you, and if it continues, you're not going to see the point in doing something that is stressful/unfun for your free time. Better no gaming at all than bad/unfun gaming, trust me. [/QUOTE]

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