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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 9792912" data-attributes="member: 9053">I absolutely get where you're coming from (and Bae'zel too) and agree with the Ignore feature in that case. What I was trying to do was explain where some of it comes from. I have a daughter with Autism, so I see some of the common ways it can manifest itself sometimes, and I think people should be aware that gaming has a ton of folks who are neurodivergent in it (I've said that I really wish I knew about this when I was growing up, so that I could have been kinder).That said, I'm not trying to excuse or justify this kind of behaviour, especially in a forum where we all come for fun. I'm merely trying to explain why someone who might be really frustrating to deal with might not simply be a jerk, there might be reasons for it. Or they might simply be a jerk. We just don't know where it comes from. It still doesn't excuse being a jerk.Personally, I use Ignore in situations where someone comes into a thread angry, and manages to get me angry, too. I use Ignore so that the mods don't have to warn or ban me from things. Why something like how game elements can be applied to make D&D a more narrative game, or why gaming in the 70s was more diverse in terms of play styles than you might think, would make someone angry, I don't get. But I'm too old to deal with it. Now SteveC from the mid 2000s? He would have enjoyed a good brawl. I'm just not that person anymore.</blockquote>