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<blockquote data-quote="SmokeyCriminal" data-source="post: 7120027" data-attributes="member: 6876146">I'll admit that my post sounds really self serving at the surface. That it encourages anti-social or A-hole behaviour. I think it's because I tried to keep the post as short and concise as I could.I agree that each participant should try to make sure everyone else is having fun. But that's only because I think that's a fun way to play, and because It's easy enough for me to have fun that I can turn my attention away from myself and help other people have their fun, but again that's only because A) my fun is taken care of, and B) helping other people have fun is also fun for me.It would be unfair if it was mandatory or it was the job of everyone to be responsible for everyone else's fun, even tho it sounds like best way to play.For example: If, for whatever reason, you don't think it's fun to make jokes, and at the end of the session someone says to you &quot;Everyone was telling jokes except you, it affected how much fun we could have had, next time make jokes so we can all have even more fun.&quot; That would be unfair to you.The reason I say just do the things that are fun for you, is because the majority of people think exactly like you do. They like being helpful and sharing. That's fun for them. That's what they'll naturally do. But if you make it mandatory, it has the possibility of being a burden that can hurt your fun.Also not everyone can &quot;have fun&quot; as easily. For some people it takes a lot of effort, and concentration, and time. Id much rather they spend their time making sure that they have their fun and not worry about me having mine. If I find out that they interrupted their fun, or that they wern't able to reach their fun, because they stopped so I could have my fun, because they felt obligated, I would feel guilty, and I'd tell them to never feel obligated to do that. First take care of your fun and then, if you want, help me with my fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SmokeyCriminal, post: 7120027, member: 6876146"] I'll admit that my post sounds really self serving at the surface. That it encourages anti-social or A-hole behaviour. I think it's because I tried to keep the post as short and concise as I could. I agree that each participant should try to make sure everyone else is having fun. But that's only because I think that's a fun way to play, and because It's easy enough for me to have fun that I can turn my attention away from myself and help other people have their fun, but again that's only because A) my fun is taken care of, and B) helping other people have fun is also fun for me. It would be unfair if it was mandatory or it was the job of everyone to be responsible for everyone else's fun, even tho it sounds like best way to play. For example: If, for whatever reason, you don't think it's fun to make jokes, and at the end of the session someone says to you "Everyone was telling jokes except you, it affected how much fun we could have had, next time make jokes so we can all have even more fun." That would be unfair to you. The reason I say just do the things that are fun for you, is because the majority of people think exactly like you do. They [I]like[/I] being helpful and sharing. That's fun for them. That's what they'll naturally do. But if you make it mandatory, it has the possibility of being a burden that can hurt your fun. Also not everyone can "have fun" as easily. For some people it takes a lot of effort, and concentration, and time. Id much rather they spend their time making sure that they have their fun and not worry about me having mine. If I find out that they interrupted their fun, or that they wern't able to reach their fun, because they stopped so I could have my fun, because they felt obligated, I would feel guilty, and I'd tell them to never feel obligated to do that. First take care of your fun and then, if you want, help me with my fun. [/QUOTE]

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