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<blockquote data-quote="filthgrinder" data-source="post: 6003467" data-attributes="member: 64984">Do people really ban words from their tables? That is a serious question. When you run a game do you really insist on some sort of master/slave relationship? I always treat all my games as... games. I have friends come over and we talk and chat, and play and have a fun enjoyable time.When we start policing language... eck. Secondly, if someone calls it a mob, or whatever, its all the same thing. It's out of character meta-gaming. If you want to play a game where everyone talks in character... shouldn't people already know that? If they know it, but don't do it, then obviously you should switch to playing a game everyone enjoys.If someone calls their character a toon, it's obvious what they are referring to and are using the word toon because that is what they are familiar with using. You can just forget about policing language, and call it a character and move on. You don't need to correct or anything. Have a good, fun time, and you know what, they'll start referring to it with your terms after awhile. People who use MMO terms are using them because they don't have the language of the tabletop game. They have the language of MMOs to refer to the samethings. If you provide a fun and compelling experience, and expose them to tabletop terms through actual usage, they'll pick up on them.If you are really stressing out over terms that people are using, maybe you need to step back and re-evaluate what you want out of your gaming group. Maybe you don't want a gaming group, maybe you want an improve theater group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="filthgrinder, post: 6003467, member: 64984"] Do people really ban words from their tables? That is a serious question. When you run a game do you really insist on some sort of master/slave relationship? I always treat all my games as... games. I have friends come over and we talk and chat, and play and have a fun enjoyable time. When we start policing language... eck. Secondly, if someone calls it a mob, or whatever, its all the same thing. It's out of character meta-gaming. If you want to play a game where everyone talks in character... shouldn't people already know that? If they know it, but don't do it, then obviously you should switch to playing a game everyone enjoys. If someone calls their character a toon, it's obvious what they are referring to and are using the word toon because that is what they are familiar with using. You can just forget about policing language, and call it a character and move on. You don't need to correct or anything. Have a good, fun time, and you know what, they'll start referring to it with your terms after awhile. People who use MMO terms are using them because they don't have the language of the tabletop game. They have the language of MMOs to refer to the samethings. If you provide a fun and compelling experience, and expose them to tabletop terms through actual usage, they'll pick up on them. If you are really stressing out over terms that people are using, maybe you need to step back and re-evaluate what you want out of your gaming group. Maybe you don't want a gaming group, maybe you want an improve theater group. [/QUOTE]

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