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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9001608" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I don't believe [USER=6801845]@Oofta[/USER] has any selfish motives here, he's expressing a desire for 'order', a certain type of authority structure in the context of game play which he's comfortable and familiar with. This leads to a perceived need to be the authority on classic GM things. This need produces conflict when juxtaposed with other people's incompatible needs. This is where, for example, the teachings of Buddhism can be highly useful, explaining that it is the annihilation of these desires, these needs, which produces higher states of existing. I mean, its a bit overblown maybe to apply this to an RPG, and I'm certainly not trying to sell something here so to speak, but looking into this kind of tradition can be an extremely effective way to see the root of these issues and unravel them. You could also look at it from an Existentialist perspective I believe, but I'm on far less certain ground there, so I will just observe that the idea of personal responsibility for problems is strong in that tradition.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9001608, member: 82106"] I don't believe [USER=6801845]@Oofta[/USER] has any selfish motives here, he's expressing a desire for 'order', a certain type of authority structure in the context of game play which he's comfortable and familiar with. This leads to a perceived need to be the authority on classic GM things. This need produces conflict when juxtaposed with other people's incompatible needs. This is where, for example, the teachings of Buddhism can be highly useful, explaining that it is the annihilation of these desires, these needs, which produces higher states of existing. I mean, its a bit overblown maybe to apply this to an RPG, and I'm certainly not trying to sell something here so to speak, but looking into this kind of tradition can be an extremely effective way to see the root of these issues and unravel them. You could also look at it from an Existentialist perspective I believe, but I'm on far less certain ground there, so I will just observe that the idea of personal responsibility for problems is strong in that tradition. [/QUOTE]

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