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<blockquote data-quote="Astrosicebear" data-source="post: 6407990" data-attributes="member: 67017"><p>I feel as if there is a bit of victim shaming going on here.</p><p></p><p>The OP was seeking advice on a tough situation, and instead many lambasted him for his choices of character, wording, etc.</p><p></p><p>the OP made the character. It was approved by the DM. The backstory (if even read) was approved by the DM. </p><p></p><p>Only when the game started did the DM start house ruling, nerfing, and adjucating against the players. Yet some are still defending this type of DMing? Oh sure, some will say "Let people play how they want." But if I invited you all to a basketball match, and had my team's basket lowered 3 feet because 'its a court rule i have', and my team also will never get called for fouls, and your team cant dribble more than 2 steps before passing or its a turnover." Will anyone want to play? And instead of trying to educate this DM, as would normally be the practice by saying "hey, this isn't necessary, i can help you make this game work the way you want without these rules" we pet the DM on the head and say "it's ok, you can play how you want and your players will either play or they wont." Its equivalent to telling a beaten women that her husband doesnt know any better and she can leave if she doesnt like it. Some of these players, especially IRL can only find one group to play with. </p><p></p><p>I fear that this attitude leads to many players being turned off by bad DMs. Players that dont have the opportunity to see the true system because of bad DMing. I would rather lose one bad DM and gain 3-5 players than lose even 1 player who is trying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astrosicebear, post: 6407990, member: 67017"] I feel as if there is a bit of victim shaming going on here. The OP was seeking advice on a tough situation, and instead many lambasted him for his choices of character, wording, etc. the OP made the character. It was approved by the DM. The backstory (if even read) was approved by the DM. Only when the game started did the DM start house ruling, nerfing, and adjucating against the players. Yet some are still defending this type of DMing? Oh sure, some will say "Let people play how they want." But if I invited you all to a basketball match, and had my team's basket lowered 3 feet because 'its a court rule i have', and my team also will never get called for fouls, and your team cant dribble more than 2 steps before passing or its a turnover." Will anyone want to play? And instead of trying to educate this DM, as would normally be the practice by saying "hey, this isn't necessary, i can help you make this game work the way you want without these rules" we pet the DM on the head and say "it's ok, you can play how you want and your players will either play or they wont." Its equivalent to telling a beaten women that her husband doesnt know any better and she can leave if she doesnt like it. Some of these players, especially IRL can only find one group to play with. I fear that this attitude leads to many players being turned off by bad DMs. Players that dont have the opportunity to see the true system because of bad DMing. I would rather lose one bad DM and gain 3-5 players than lose even 1 player who is trying. [/QUOTE]
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