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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chriton227" data-source="post: 6443433" data-attributes="member: 33263"><p>Because that is the style of game the player likes?  Some people play to just have fun playing, not to worry about elaborate character motivations or long term plots.  As a player, I enjoy exploration, discovery, and combat far more than intrigue and melodrama.  My characters go into dungeons because as a player I like to have my characters kick in doors, kill the monsters, and take their stuff, or find a way to activate the magic portal just to see what is on the other side.  There is no unpleasantness because the unpleasantness isn't real.  I don't experience the cold damp caves any more than I would experience the days of misery and boredom of long distance travel, and just as many players have no problem hand-waving the travel to get to the good parts, likewise I have no problem hand-waving the cold and dampness of a cave to get to the parts of the game I enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>