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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7920455" data-attributes="member: 22779">Nope, not ridiculous.  I'm utterly sick and tired of players who figure that simply turning up every week and throwing a handful of dice is actually contributing to the game.  Look, if all you (the general you, not you specifically) want to do is throw some dice, I have a whole shelf full of board games that we can break out, have a great time at and it doesn't entail me doing any extra work outside of the table.  Fantastic.  Love to do that.But, no, as DM, I'm not here to entertain you.  Pitch in an do your part and contribute or GTFO.  These passive players who figure that throwing a die roll every few minutes is "contributing" to the game are some of the most energy sucking vampires at the table.  Give me power gamers, munchkins and rules lawyers over these wastes of space any day of the week.  At least those others are actually engaged in the game.You can tell those who never DM at character generation.  Those who DM who get to play almost always make characters with an eye towards how this will play out in the group, complete with connections to the campaign and probably a few solid hooks for the DM to latch onto.  These passive players come to the table with cipher, man with no name characters, whose parents are long dead and have zero connection to the game.  Dance for us Mr. DM, we are here to be entertained! they cry.  I'm just utterly sick and tired of players like that.  Either pitch in and do your part of get lost.  You don't deserve to be in the hobby.</blockquote>

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