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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1564148" data-attributes="member: 5890"><p>See - this really makes you sound like someone who just can't drop it. I've heard you say that he's willingly given over a character who was just too good, that his previous character died (which doesn't sound like the sort of thing that happens to a munchkin powergamer character in a normal level of game without some serious DM cheating) and that his current character is "not too bad".</p><p></p><p>But you still expect that at any moment he's going to blow all the other characters away, and because of that, he's a munchkin powergamer and you hate his play style.</p><p></p><p>He doesn't sound like he's much of a powergamer if he can't out-do all you non-powergamers, and he willingly gives over characters that are too good. It sounds like he's changing his ways and you're rewarding him by totally ignoring that fact and throwing it back in his face.</p><p></p><p>So far I've heard a total of ONE incident where the player has argued against you, and the only reason that happened is because you made the mistake of gloating. And don't tell me you didn't - why else would you say "you know - you missed that spot check by 1 point! Because I added a situational modifier!".</p><p></p><p>Maybe not in so many words, but it certainly sounds like that's the information you gave him. There was simply no reason to tell him why he failed his check, or how much he failed it by unless you were trying to provoke some form of response. Did it make you feel good to annoy him?</p><p></p><p>Further - if you're discussing the mechanics, then why shouldn't he? You already held up the game to gloat - why shouldn't he be allowed to complain about your methods?</p><p></p><p>Sorry DragonLancer, but if you genuinely are innocent of the above charges, then you're doing a really bad job of presenting yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 1564148, member: 5890"] See - this really makes you sound like someone who just can't drop it. I've heard you say that he's willingly given over a character who was just too good, that his previous character died (which doesn't sound like the sort of thing that happens to a munchkin powergamer character in a normal level of game without some serious DM cheating) and that his current character is "not too bad". But you still expect that at any moment he's going to blow all the other characters away, and because of that, he's a munchkin powergamer and you hate his play style. He doesn't sound like he's much of a powergamer if he can't out-do all you non-powergamers, and he willingly gives over characters that are too good. It sounds like he's changing his ways and you're rewarding him by totally ignoring that fact and throwing it back in his face. So far I've heard a total of ONE incident where the player has argued against you, and the only reason that happened is because you made the mistake of gloating. And don't tell me you didn't - why else would you say "you know - you missed that spot check by 1 point! Because I added a situational modifier!". Maybe not in so many words, but it certainly sounds like that's the information you gave him. There was simply no reason to tell him why he failed his check, or how much he failed it by unless you were trying to provoke some form of response. Did it make you feel good to annoy him? Further - if you're discussing the mechanics, then why shouldn't he? You already held up the game to gloat - why shouldn't he be allowed to complain about your methods? Sorry DragonLancer, but if you genuinely are innocent of the above charges, then you're doing a really bad job of presenting yourself. [/QUOTE]
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