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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 311283" data-attributes="member: 413">Absolutely.&nbsp; Someone shouts &quot;They killed Kenny!&nbsp; You BASTARDS!&quot; after a PC gets killed....it's funny.&nbsp; It may ruin a dramatic moment.&nbsp; But it is still funny.&nbsp; After 3 or 4 times it probably ceases to be so.&nbsp; But if you get annoyed and snap at the joker about it, everyone will just feel uncomfortable.&nbsp; Tis best to just take the offending player aside after the game and say &quot;Hey...could you please cut back on the funny comments?...they're getting annoying.&quot;It D&amp;D just a game?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Trival Pursuit is a game.&nbsp;&nbsp; D&amp;D can not really be enjoyed as &quot;just a game&quot; where you show up, you play with little or no preparation and you go home.&nbsp; But is it art?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Doesn't even approach art.&nbsp; Maybe it could inspire art if you take your game and use it as the basis for a novel or screen-play...but then again, so could a sport.&nbsp; There are some pretty good movies about baseball and football, but one would not say that football &quot;approaches art&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe you enjoy it the same way you enjoy art, but one could enjoy a game of chess that way, too...becoming emmersed in every move...the strategy, the tension...D&amp;D is more of a hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; My father's hobby is golf.&nbsp; He probably spends as much time on golf (playing, custom building clubs, watching on TV, reading about it, etc) as I do on D&amp;D (prepping adventures, reading rules, browsing this board).&nbsp; Hell...he takes vacations dedicated to golfing...So D&amp;D is not just a game in the way that golf (to my dad) is not just a sport...That doesn't mean that both golf to the golfer and D&amp;D to the gamer shouldn't be kept in perspective.&nbsp; The moment that you take it too seriously and forget that it is mere entertainment is the moment that you begin to ruin the fun for the people around you.&nbsp; It also may be the moment that you begin to withdrawl from the real world in a rather unhealthy way (like you start neglecting your real life relationships and responsibilities to the point that you start harming yourself).I guaruntee you that if I were a player at the table of someone with barsoomcore's perspective, I would feel uncomfortable and would probably decide not to play after the first game.&nbsp; If I can't socialize and unemmerse myself from the game at will, then I'm gone...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 311283, member: 413"] Absolutely. Someone shouts "They killed Kenny! You BASTARDS!" after a PC gets killed....it's funny. It may ruin a dramatic moment. But it is still funny. After 3 or 4 times it probably ceases to be so. But if you get annoyed and snap at the joker about it, everyone will just feel uncomfortable. Tis best to just take the offending player aside after the game and say "Hey...could you please cut back on the funny comments?...they're getting annoying." It D&D just a game? No. Trival Pursuit is a game. D&D can not really be enjoyed as "just a game" where you show up, you play with little or no preparation and you go home. But is it art? No. Doesn't even approach art. Maybe it could inspire art if you take your game and use it as the basis for a novel or screen-play...but then again, so could a sport. There are some pretty good movies about baseball and football, but one would not say that football "approaches art". Maybe you enjoy it the same way you enjoy art, but one could enjoy a game of chess that way, too...becoming emmersed in every move...the strategy, the tension... D&D is more of a hobby. My father's hobby is golf. He probably spends as much time on golf (playing, custom building clubs, watching on TV, reading about it, etc) as I do on D&D (prepping adventures, reading rules, browsing this board). Hell...he takes vacations dedicated to golfing...So D&D is not just a game in the way that golf (to my dad) is not just a sport...That doesn't mean that both golf to the golfer and D&D to the gamer shouldn't be kept in perspective. The moment that you take it too seriously and forget that it is mere entertainment is the moment that you begin to ruin the fun for the people around you. It also may be the moment that you begin to withdrawl from the real world in a rather unhealthy way (like you start neglecting your real life relationships and responsibilities to the point that you start harming yourself). I guaruntee you that if I were a player at the table of someone with barsoomcore's perspective, I would feel uncomfortable and would probably decide not to play after the first game. If I can't socialize and unemmerse myself from the game at will, then I'm gone... [/QUOTE]

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