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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 7568558" data-attributes="member: 1288">Others have answered as well as I could. If a brand new player in my game took knowing and deliberate steps to get their character killed off, I would stop the game, take them aside, and find out what the problem was.Yes, it is possible for a player to decide to have their frog character stepped on. It is also possible for a player to decide to kill the other PCs in their sleep. I would stop the game there, too.I cannot envision a circumstance in which the hypothetical you want me to rule on would actually happen. Actions that might get Frogger killed? Sure. Actions that are deliberate and inescapable suicide without explicable reason? No.And player motivation does enter into people's enjoyment of the game. I'm sorry, it just does. It's one of the reasons disruptive players are disruptive. Completely ignoring player motivation and &quot;thought policing&quot; are two ends of a spectrum; most decent gaming happens between the two.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 7568558, member: 1288"] Others have answered as well as I could. If a brand new player in my game took knowing and deliberate steps to get their character killed off, I would stop the game, take them aside, and find out what the problem was. Yes, it is possible for a player to decide to have their frog character stepped on. It is also possible for a player to decide to kill the other PCs in their sleep. I would stop the game there, too. I cannot envision a circumstance in which the hypothetical you want me to rule on would [I]actually happen[/I]. Actions that [I]might[/I] get Frogger killed? Sure. Actions that are deliberate and inescapable suicide without explicable reason? No. And player motivation does enter into people's enjoyment of the game. I'm sorry, it just does. It's one of the reasons disruptive players [I]are[/I] disruptive. Completely ignoring player motivation and "thought policing" are two ends of a spectrum; most decent gaming happens between the two. [/QUOTE]

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