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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1620013" data-attributes="member: 990">bug·a·boo n.&nbsp;&nbsp; pl. bug·a·boos <ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety: “Boredom, laziness and failure... These bugaboos, magnified by imagination, keep [the workaholic] running” (Dun's Review).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">A recurring or persistent problem: “the bugaboos that have plagued vision systems: high price and slow throughput” (Lawrence A. Goshorn).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">A former poster on Eric Noah's 3rd Edition News website, the precursor to EN World, who delighted in elaborate trolls. Many of us oldtimers wonder if he's still here, posting under an alt.</li>
</ol>Seriously, the accusation leveled against you is so silly and wrong-headed that some people here are having a hard time believing anyone could possibly say something like that. No one intends to be mean to you. They just wonder if you are teasing. <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;Similarly, LostSoul is probably teasing, because everyone who has played even once realizes that DMing is a great deal of work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 1620013, member: 990"] [b]bug·a·boo[/b] [i]n.[/i] [i]pl.[/i] [b]bug·a·boos [/b] [list=1] [*]An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety: “Boredom, laziness and failure... These bugaboos, magnified by imagination, keep [the workaholic] running” (Dun's Review). [*]A recurring or persistent problem: “the bugaboos that have plagued vision systems: high price and slow throughput” (Lawrence A. Goshorn). [*]A former poster on Eric Noah's 3rd Edition News website, the precursor to EN World, who delighted in elaborate trolls. Many of us oldtimers wonder if he's still here, posting under an alt. [/list]Seriously, the accusation leveled against you is so silly and wrong-headed that some people here are having a hard time believing anyone could possibly say something like that. No one intends to be mean to you. They just wonder if you are teasing. :) Similarly, LostSoul is probably teasing, because everyone who has played even once realizes that DMing is a great deal of work. [/QUOTE]

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