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<blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 2232465" data-attributes="member: 20805">Agreed..Lengthy in game debates are to be avoided.. unfortunatly you occassionally run into a player/DM that refuses to comprehend the 'keep the game going and worry later' concept.I have one such player now. He really is not all that bad.. just doesn't always grasp a rule and will argue vehemetly against a ruling that he does not get..... even when its RAW, in black and white in front of him.&nbsp;I hope that, in allowing him to continue to play, he will learn to keep those debates off-screen and work on knowing at least the rules that apply to his character.&nbsp;I also have ancedotal comments on the other side of the fence. In a CP2020 game I ran, I made a really illogical call after a player got really skilled at playing the stock market. I ruled that the market closed to non-corperate entities. The player worked in the banking industry....&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; He accepted the ruling and drove on. Later that week, he explained to me how the market works and that it could not close.. and also agreed to stop doing leveraged buy-outs instead of breaking into places... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyway, try to work with the debate off camera if you can. If not, stop play and avoid heated arguments in favor of discussion. If heated arguments arise.. before you become to heated.. call the game until you can determine the correct answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Primitive Screwhead, post: 2232465, member: 20805"] [b]Agreed..[/b] Lengthy in game debates are to be avoided.. unfortunatly you occassionally run into a player/DM that refuses to comprehend the 'keep the game going and worry later' concept. I have one such player now. He really is not all that bad.. just doesn't always grasp a rule and will argue vehemetly against a ruling that he does not get..... even when its RAW, in black and white in front of him. I hope that, in allowing him to continue to play, he will learn to keep those debates off-screen and work on knowing at least the rules that apply to his character. I also have ancedotal comments on the other side of the fence. In a CP2020 game I ran, I made a really illogical call after a player got really skilled at playing the stock market. I ruled that the market closed to non-corperate entities. The player worked in the banking industry.... :) He accepted the ruling and drove on. Later that week, he explained to me how the market works and that it could not close.. and also agreed to stop doing leveraged buy-outs instead of breaking into places... :) Anyway, try to work with the debate off camera if you can. If not, stop play and avoid heated arguments in favor of discussion. If heated arguments arise.. before you become to heated.. call the game until you can determine the correct answer. [/QUOTE]

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