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<blockquote data-quote="cuteasaurus" data-source="post: 2382823" data-attributes="member: 31597">Does he sound like the most mature player ever?&nbsp; Umm, not so much.&nbsp; However, I'm not as quick to say that protests make him a cheater.&nbsp; If you have a set of dice that you prefer (for sentimental reasons perhaps) then having someone tell you you can't use them for no good reason (because you're not cheating) seems arbitrary.&nbsp; So, from that player's point of view, he (or she) is being told to stop something he/she does like for seemingly no good trade-off.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the person in question isn't cheating, then to make the trade-off &quot;worthwhile&quot; you have to put it in terms of protecting group fairness (I need all dice to be easily read so that I can see the rolls in order to mentally check that no one has an unfair advantage or disadvantage due to the dice being used).&nbsp; In fact, saying that you want to make sure that the dice are &quot;balanced&quot; is a good, and perhaps more neutral, way of talking about the problem.&nbsp; Instead of talking about cheating, talk about protecting the players from dice that don't seem to be trully random.&nbsp; &nbsp;Of course, depending on what has been said between you and this player, it may be too late for that train anyway...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cuteasaurus, post: 2382823, member: 31597"] Does he sound like the most mature player ever? Umm, not so much. However, I'm not as quick to say that protests make him a cheater. If you have a set of dice that you prefer (for sentimental reasons perhaps) then having someone tell you you can't use them for no good reason (because you're not cheating) seems arbitrary. So, from that player's point of view, he (or she) is being told to stop something he/she does like for seemingly no good trade-off. If the person in question isn't cheating, then to make the trade-off "worthwhile" you have to put it in terms of protecting group fairness (I need all dice to be easily read so that I can see the rolls in order to mentally check that no one has an unfair advantage or disadvantage due to the dice being used). In fact, saying that you want to make sure that the dice are "balanced" is a good, and perhaps more neutral, way of talking about the problem. Instead of talking about cheating, talk about protecting the players from dice that don't seem to be trully random. Of course, depending on what has been said between you and this player, it may be too late for that train anyway... [/QUOTE]

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