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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8162517" data-attributes="member: 6687260">Yes.  Internet discussions often fail to capture the messy nature of reality.  Role-playing games are a social activity and therefore people particiapte in them for a host of social reasons.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some players have no strong preferences about the games they play; they just like getting together with their friends.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Others may have a host of things going on in their life which may prevent them particularly enjoying the game they are playing right now even if there's nothing particularly wrong with the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A typical player may want to try GMing for the first time, and so will be cut a lot of slack and given a lot of encouragement even if they're not particularly doing a great job at first.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some players may not like the game they are playing but expect that they'll enjoy the next game the group plays a lot more - and in the meantime they're still getting together with their friends.</li> </ul>Sometimes discussions on the net seem to assume that every disatisfaction should be brought into the light and examined until everyone is having perfect fun - but that's not how people work.  (And is typically over-optimistic about the power of explicit communication).</blockquote>