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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9292537" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Somepone else posted that video and I said it was inappropriate in a friendly game.Telling someone they are not good enough to play or alternatively they are not playing good enough is rude.&nbsp; It is rude in Warcraft, it is rude in Basketball, it is rude in D&amp;D.If you are playing a game it is absolutely reasonable to expect Alice and Cindy to be silent about it unless they said something when the game was starting.If I am Micheal Jordan and I only want to play with Shaq, Barkley and Rodman I should say that up front before we start picking teams and before we invite the neighbors.Session 0 sets the boundaries.&nbsp; If this is a boundary the group wants (i.e. everyone needs to understand the rules) then they need to say it session 0. No it doesn't it is a game, played for fun.&nbsp; The base expectation should be you know nothing about the game and are not a good player.&nbsp; An exception to that should be stated explicitly.Not knowing the rules or making poor in-game decisions is not bad behavior typically.&nbsp; Being malicious or anti-social behavior is.I don't know what high-sticking is in relation to basketball, but if someone was traveling then that is a turnover, simple as that and the other team gets the ball and maybe scores because of that.&nbsp; No one gets upset or tells a player they have to leave and if they lose the game they lose the game, no big deal.&nbsp; If someone makes a stupid decision in D&amp;D combat, the &quot;other team&quot; takes advantage of it, they score a hit and maybe they &quot;win the game&quot; with a TPK and the party &quot;loses D&amp;D&quot; no big deal it is a game and if you can't have fun in that situation then I think YOU are generally the problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9292537, member: 7030563"] Somepone else posted that video and I said it was inappropriate in a friendly game. Telling someone they are not good enough to play or alternatively they are not playing good enough is rude. It is rude in Warcraft, it is rude in Basketball, it is rude in D&D. If you are playing a game it is absolutely reasonable to expect Alice and Cindy to be silent about it unless they said something when the game was starting. If I am Micheal Jordan and I only want to play with Shaq, Barkley and Rodman I should say that up front before we start picking teams and before we invite the neighbors. Session 0 sets the boundaries. If this is a boundary the group wants (i.e. everyone needs to understand the rules) then they need to say it session 0. No it doesn't it is a game, played for fun. The base expectation should be you know nothing about the game and are not a good player. An exception to that should be stated [U]explicitly.[/U] Not knowing the rules or making poor in-game decisions is not bad behavior typically. Being malicious or anti-social behavior is. I don't know what high-sticking is in relation to basketball, but if someone was traveling then that is a turnover, simple as that and the other team gets the ball and maybe scores because of that. No one gets upset or tells a player they have to leave and if they lose the game they lose the game, no big deal. If someone makes a stupid decision in D&D combat, the "other team" takes advantage of it, they score a hit and maybe they "win the game" with a TPK and the party "loses D&D" no big deal it is a game and if you can't have fun in that situation then I think YOU are generally the problem. [/QUOTE]

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