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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9295551" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>It's late so I'm just going to lay out what I think are likely contributing to the difference and let you fill in where your situation differs along with any guesses. In no particular order</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The flgs I run AL games at is fairly large (generally with 4-6 tables going on al night) in a room that was once a whole other store</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The region is a rather dense (sub/ex)urban sprawl as far as population goes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's also a place with plenty of tourism</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A lot of newc players start with mtg pokemon or some other tcg then stop in on AL night to check things out on a whim.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The vast majority of new players I encounter this way also have little if any experience with past editions (usually none). I'm not sure what I said to bring this up?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Those newbies buying a phb and maybe more <em>eventually</em> is pretty common, but not what I was talking about</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Those newbies wanting to check it out and play for a bit before making a bigger investment than some dice and maybe snacks is very much the norm for me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A few sessions is relative. Through osmosis alone, ost players pick up enough to engage in chargen with far more knowledge and confidence than would be possible while the new dice smell is still wearing off the funny math rocks when a pregen often suits them well.</li> </ul><p>[USER=22779]@Hussar[/USER] I provided you with monster crunch and a spreadsheet you could use for grasping things enough to perhaps ask even one question <em>relevant</em> to the stories and anecdotes you noted with some specificity not to prove anything.. you claimed earlier that you were provided with stories and anecdotes... Pick one that you are interested in and ask pointed questions instead of suggesting vague frustration over not having enough details about some unstated aspect or details of some nonspecific stories or anecdotes. If you can't even manage that much it's strange that you would think it reasonable to expect an extreme like twenty to thirty rounds of details about a story or anecdote that you won't even point out or question with specificity .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9295551, member: 93670"] It's late so I'm just going to lay out what I think are likely contributing to the difference and let you fill in where your situation differs along with any guesses. In no particular order [LIST] [*]The flgs I run AL games at is fairly large (generally with 4-6 tables going on al night) in a room that was once a whole other store [*]The region is a rather dense (sub/ex)urban sprawl as far as population goes [*]It's also a place with plenty of tourism [*]A lot of newc players start with mtg pokemon or some other tcg then stop in on AL night to check things out on a whim. [*]The vast majority of new players I encounter this way also have little if any experience with past editions (usually none). I'm not sure what I said to bring this up? [*]Those newbies buying a phb and maybe more [I]eventually[/I] is pretty common, but not what I was talking about [*]Those newbies wanting to check it out and play for a bit before making a bigger investment than some dice and maybe snacks is very much the norm for me. [*]A few sessions is relative. Through osmosis alone, ost players pick up enough to engage in chargen with far more knowledge and confidence than would be possible while the new dice smell is still wearing off the funny math rocks when a pregen often suits them well. [/LIST] [USER=22779]@Hussar[/USER] I provided you with monster crunch and a spreadsheet you could use for grasping things enough to perhaps ask even one question [I]relevant[/I] to the stories and anecdotes you noted with some specificity not to prove anything.. you claimed earlier that you were provided with stories and anecdotes... Pick one that you are interested in and ask pointed questions instead of suggesting vague frustration over not having enough details about some unstated aspect or details of some nonspecific stories or anecdotes. If you can't even manage that much it's strange that you would think it reasonable to expect an extreme like twenty to thirty rounds of details about a story or anecdote that you won't even point out or question with specificity . [/QUOTE]
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