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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgon Zee" data-source="post: 9474266" data-attributes="member: 75787"><p>Again, just because you have problems, doesn't mean the world does! Every other commenter in this thread who has played and run CoC (1) does not have problems doing it, as you apparently do, and (2) does not think it is combat-focused.</p><p></p><p>OK, now I'm more than a little irritated with your responses. You are mischaracterizing my responses and deliberately warping quotes to suit your point of view. I stated:</p><p></p><p>This specifically states that it is a mix, and so could be either combat-focused (if you really like combat <strong>a lot</strong>) or not. Saying that this is "evidence" that shows that people cannot agree on what is combat-focused is just plain wrong. I do not believe you are ignorant, so you are being deliberately misleading. Please stop.</p><p></p><p>Having established that you want to discuss only long-form Call of Cthulhu adventures:</p><p></p><p>You proceed to dismiss our experiences and instead want to discuss one-shots, something you <em>specifically</em> requested we not do:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think this convo is helping anyone, so I'll just summarize what I've read so far and stop attempting to discuss this topic with you. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Games exist that are explicitly non-combat-focused. People play and enjoy them. They are less popular than explicitly combat-focused games.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many people (excepting Celebrim) run long-form Call of Cthulhu campaigns successfully and find they are generally not combat-focused.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some COC campaigns, and one-shots, are combat-focused. Many are not. Some can be run either way.</li> </ul><p>It's pretty clear that combat-focus is not a requirement for roleplaying games. It's also clear that many people find this true in practice. Celebrim is not one of these people, which is fine -- I won't expect to see him at my table when I run Hillfolk or a similar game at a con, but maybe we'll play together in a PF2 session!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgon Zee, post: 9474266, member: 75787"] Again, just because you have problems, doesn't mean the world does! Every other commenter in this thread who has played and run CoC (1) does not have problems doing it, as you apparently do, and (2) does not think it is combat-focused. OK, now I'm more than a little irritated with your responses. You are mischaracterizing my responses and deliberately warping quotes to suit your point of view. I stated: This specifically states that it is a mix, and so could be either combat-focused (if you really like combat [B]a lot[/B]) or not. Saying that this is "evidence" that shows that people cannot agree on what is combat-focused is just plain wrong. I do not believe you are ignorant, so you are being deliberately misleading. Please stop. Having established that you want to discuss only long-form Call of Cthulhu adventures: You proceed to dismiss our experiences and instead want to discuss one-shots, something you [I]specifically[/I] requested we not do: I don't think this convo is helping anyone, so I'll just summarize what I've read so far and stop attempting to discuss this topic with you. [LIST] [*]Games exist that are explicitly non-combat-focused. People play and enjoy them. They are less popular than explicitly combat-focused games. [*]Many people (excepting Celebrim) run long-form Call of Cthulhu campaigns successfully and find they are generally not combat-focused. [*]Some COC campaigns, and one-shots, are combat-focused. Many are not. Some can be run either way. [/LIST] It's pretty clear that combat-focus is not a requirement for roleplaying games. It's also clear that many people find this true in practice. Celebrim is not one of these people, which is fine -- I won't expect to see him at my table when I run Hillfolk or a similar game at a con, but maybe we'll play together in a PF2 session! [/QUOTE]
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