Hiya!
Not what I said. I said the attitudes fostered and normalized therein.
I should hope reasonable and mature adults would take responsibility for what they are promoting while playing their children's pretend game.
I think you are misunderstanding me a bit.
There is a stark difference between:
"LOL! Stupid characters are hilarious!"
..and...
"LOL! Stupid people are hilarious!"
That's my point. A game is not 'reality' and people that think something in a game (or book, movie, comic, etc) is somehow
directly congruent to reality are the ones with the "problem", not the person or people writing/enjoying the portrayal. Does that make more sense? (and no, I'm not singling out anyone as "no...you are!"; I'm trying to express why I don't think there's any problem with playing a stereotypical [insert stereotype] 'thing' in a game).
You are just 100% missing the point here.
Apparently I am. And just blurting out "you are 100% missing the point here" isn't doing anything to help me grasp "the point". I thought "the point" was "if you play a stupid PC because you have a low Int/Wis, then you are doing something bad"...and my point is, "No, it isn't, because it's an RPG and not real".
^_^
Paul L. Ming