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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 1434380" data-attributes="member: 9723">No, but they have ruined my players.My main group of players suffers from &quot;A button&quot; syndrome. This is where they want a cool epic plot, lots of character interaction, a well weaved story full of intrigue, dynamic combat, witty repartee and highly personal events. However, they expect it to happen automatically, or rather, they take the approach that as soon as they 'hit the right button' these actions will begin to happen. Thus you end up with the apathetic fighter, the wizard who stays in his room all day, the cleric who never leaves the temple, the strong silent cleric and the 'adventurer' thief who wants a steady day job and avoids people.However, this is an attribute of the people more than it is the game. When you get antisocial introverts together that's the sort of thing that happens. They're anti-social and introverted. Overexposure to computer games only did a little more re-enforcing of that set of behaviors. Actually, it probablly didn't even do that, so much as it created a higher set of expectations. Now there's the potential to do more than smack orcs around. And that's not a bad thing at all. We just need to learn how.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 1434380, member: 9723"] No, but they have ruined my players. My main group of players suffers from "A button" syndrome. This is where they want a cool epic plot, lots of character interaction, a well weaved story full of intrigue, dynamic combat, witty repartee and highly personal events. However, they expect it to happen automatically, or rather, they take the approach that as soon as they 'hit the right button' these actions will begin to happen. Thus you end up with the apathetic fighter, the wizard who stays in his room all day, the cleric who never leaves the temple, the strong silent cleric and the 'adventurer' thief who wants a steady day job and avoids people. However, this is an attribute of the people more than it is the game. When you get antisocial introverts together that's the sort of thing that happens. They're anti-social and introverted. Overexposure to computer games only did a little more re-enforcing of that set of behaviors. Actually, it probablly didn't even do that, so much as it created a higher set of expectations. Now there's the potential to do more than smack orcs around. And that's not a bad thing at all. We just need to learn how. [/QUOTE]

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