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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8176749" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>Except it was more like:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">DM - hey, guys we're going to be doing a more serious game and here's homework I expect you to do so I can become a professional DM</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Players - huh? Can't we talk about this?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">DM - shut up, I'm not listening.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Players - We're not interested</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">DM - okay then I unilaterally decide that none of you losers can play D&D and we're going to play UNO instead.</p><p></p><p>If the DM had approached the group with his ideas instead of putting out an ultimatum the result may have been the same, some people would not have been interested. That's perfectly fine, if the DM has goals and wants to run a different style of game for whatever reason it's their choice just like the players have the choice to stay or go.</p><p></p><p>What they don't have the right to do is dictate how everyone is going to spend their free time. Maybe people want to play UNO, maybe they want to give one of the other players a shot at DMing at which point people have to individually decide what they want to do.</p><p></p><p>That, and the tone is just generally rude from everything relayed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8176749, member: 6801845"] Except it was more like: [INDENT]DM - hey, guys we're going to be doing a more serious game and here's homework I expect you to do so I can become a professional DM[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Players - huh? Can't we talk about this?[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]DM - shut up, I'm not listening.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Players - We're not interested[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]DM - okay then I unilaterally decide that none of you losers can play D&D and we're going to play UNO instead.[/INDENT] If the DM had approached the group with his ideas instead of putting out an ultimatum the result may have been the same, some people would not have been interested. That's perfectly fine, if the DM has goals and wants to run a different style of game for whatever reason it's their choice just like the players have the choice to stay or go. What they don't have the right to do is dictate how everyone is going to spend their free time. Maybe people want to play UNO, maybe they want to give one of the other players a shot at DMing at which point people have to individually decide what they want to do. That, and the tone is just generally rude from everything relayed. [/QUOTE]
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