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<blockquote data-quote="exile" data-source="post: 6316147" data-attributes="member: 20068"><p>It is perhaps a little harsh to say that Pathfinder sucks at story. They do, after all, release two adventure paths each year that are usually fairly well received. If you are talking strictly about PFS, I'm actually quite fond of the stories those scenarios tell as well-- individually and as part of a year long arc.</p><p></p><p>On a different note, what I'm not fond of (and I am in no way accusing you or anyone on enworld of this) is elitism within the organized play community. I remember being in medical school and wanting to play LG at one of the local stores. A guy who worked at the store and his flunkies did their best to exclude me from playing. That's fine if the game were in his home and I were trying to barge in (under those circumstances in ky he could even probably get away with shooting me). In a store though, that's not cool. No great loss. Shortly thereafter, I left for surgical residency and my LG days were done. Surgical residency, I like to think, is a lot like prison.</p><p></p><p>So, the pertinence of this now? If certain types of games can only be played in stores; and a gamer like me back then shows up to play, but is frozen out; then that poor chump is just out of luck. A lot of good the grand gaming community did him. Now, if those same games are available for home play, Mr. Unpopular must only gather up a few of his similarly unpopular friends and they can play together, have a good time, and keep buying product.</p><p></p><p>In all fairness, I must also say that I have been on the other end of that situation. I tried running some of the early seasons of Encounters at a game store in rural ky (the town I moved away from just last year). The inane antics of the high school kids drove me to want to pull hair out (or choke them). I think were I a teacher (and not a surgeon) I would have been more comfortable with this behavior. Good on me, I never ran any of those kids away from the game, but I did have to quit to protect my own sanity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exile, post: 6316147, member: 20068"] It is perhaps a little harsh to say that Pathfinder sucks at story. They do, after all, release two adventure paths each year that are usually fairly well received. If you are talking strictly about PFS, I'm actually quite fond of the stories those scenarios tell as well-- individually and as part of a year long arc. On a different note, what I'm not fond of (and I am in no way accusing you or anyone on enworld of this) is elitism within the organized play community. I remember being in medical school and wanting to play LG at one of the local stores. A guy who worked at the store and his flunkies did their best to exclude me from playing. That's fine if the game were in his home and I were trying to barge in (under those circumstances in ky he could even probably get away with shooting me). In a store though, that's not cool. No great loss. Shortly thereafter, I left for surgical residency and my LG days were done. Surgical residency, I like to think, is a lot like prison. So, the pertinence of this now? If certain types of games can only be played in stores; and a gamer like me back then shows up to play, but is frozen out; then that poor chump is just out of luck. A lot of good the grand gaming community did him. Now, if those same games are available for home play, Mr. Unpopular must only gather up a few of his similarly unpopular friends and they can play together, have a good time, and keep buying product. In all fairness, I must also say that I have been on the other end of that situation. I tried running some of the early seasons of Encounters at a game store in rural ky (the town I moved away from just last year). The inane antics of the high school kids drove me to want to pull hair out (or choke them). I think were I a teacher (and not a surgeon) I would have been more comfortable with this behavior. Good on me, I never ran any of those kids away from the game, but I did have to quit to protect my own sanity. [/QUOTE]
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