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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1833394" data-attributes="member: 5890">See to me if a DM posts and says he thinks one of his players is a rule lawyer, and what can he do about him - unless the DM says &quot;here is a specific example of a time that the player has attempted to stifle creative play&quot;, or &quot;here is a specific rules-twisting attempt that the player has made to mess with the game&quot;, then I'm going to assume that what the DM is actually saying is &quot;I hate this player because he knows the rules better than I do, and it's making me actually have to think about things.&quot;Similarly if a player posts and says &quot;my DM sucks&quot; without specifically citing examples where their DM has messed with them, then I'm gonna assume the worst.Why? Because there are only two reasons for not giving out specific information.1) The individual in question is lazy, and therefore their post is worth to me what it is to them.2) The individual is trying to obscure the truth and come out with a &quot;yeah, you're right!&quot; thread that they can use to make themselves feel good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 1833394, member: 5890"] See to me if a DM posts and says he thinks one of his players is a rule lawyer, and what can he do about him - unless the DM says "here is a specific example of a time that the player has attempted to stifle creative play", or "here is a specific rules-twisting attempt that the player has made to mess with the game", then I'm going to assume that what the DM is actually saying is "I hate this player because he knows the rules better than I do, and it's making me actually have to think about things." Similarly if a player posts and says "my DM sucks" without specifically citing examples where their DM has messed with them, then I'm gonna assume the worst. Why? Because there are only two reasons for not giving out specific information. 1) The individual in question is lazy, and therefore their post is worth to me what it is to them. 2) The individual is trying to obscure the truth and come out with a "yeah, you're right!" thread that they can use to make themselves feel good. [/QUOTE]

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