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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4232951" data-attributes="member: 710">I guess I'll have to elaborate a bit more on this then I wanted... Well, not caring about rule specifics might be stupid for Chess, but it can work for Roleplaying Games, since it is a very social activity. (Beer &amp; Pretzels vs. Immersive Storytelling, and stuff like that). That's why I'd say instead of &quot;punishing&quot; someone for his lack of ability (or lack of interest), find either a way to accomandate his preferences (without expending your own), or just let him go. The least you should do is talk about it. He might never understand what you're punishing him for. Heck, he might even miss that you're punishing him at all. And if he doesn't care about it, you're doing something that is essentially totally useless. Okay, maybe you achieve increasing the awkwardness towards him (&quot;he just doesn't get it that he sucks! And his characters are uselss due to the XP he missed out!&quot;), but by &quot;useful&quot; I generally mean somemthing positive.And when I say I understand your behavior, I say it full well knowing that I might make exactly the same kinds of mistake as you. But that doesn't change that it's a mistake.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4232951, member: 710"] I guess I'll have to elaborate a bit more on this then I wanted... Well, not caring about rule specifics might be stupid for Chess, but it can work for Roleplaying Games, since it is a very social activity. (Beer & Pretzels vs. Immersive Storytelling, and stuff like that). That's why I'd say instead of "punishing" someone for his lack of ability (or lack of interest), find either a way to accomandate his preferences (without expending your own), or just let him go. The least you should do is [i]talk[/i] about it. He might never understand what you're punishing him for. Heck, he might even miss that you're punishing him at all. And if he doesn't care about it, you're doing something that is essentially totally useless. Okay, maybe you achieve increasing the awkwardness towards him ("he just doesn't get it that he sucks! And his characters are uselss due to the XP he missed out!"), but by "useful" I generally mean somemthing positive. And when I say I understand your behavior, I say it full well knowing that I might make exactly the same kinds of mistake as you. But that doesn't change that it's a mistake. [/QUOTE]

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