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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1030875" data-attributes="member: 6875"><p>I would chalk that up to not having paid attention to things like weather reports, etc. It's one thing to acknowledge that young players tend to also be inexperienced players. Even to acknowledge that inexperienced players tend to be ... not the <strong>best</strong> of players.</p><p></p><p>However, the same does not follow <em>in reverse</em>; just because a player is less than optimal -- or even, to be blunt, absolute CRAP -- it does not follow that they must be inexperienced (plenty of veteran gamers are also <strong>crap</strong> gamers). And just because a gamer is inexperienced, it does not follow that they must be young (I've personally introduced 50-year-olds to D&D, folks who'd never played anything closer to an RPG than the original Legend of Zelda, in fact).</p><p></p><p>Therefor, just because someone is a horrid gamer, it does not follow that they are young.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly the wrong answer, IMO. How do bad players learn to be good, if they're never allowed into the good players' games?</p><p></p><p>How do young players learn to be good players, if they're only allowed to play with other kids ... and those same bad players?</p><p></p><p>Gamers learn to play from those they play <strong>with</strong>. That thirteen year old I mentioned was so good, not because of some huge, amazing talent.</p><p></p><p>Rather, he learned from older, usually-more-experienced gamers. Thathelped him grow through and <strong>past</strong> the stereotypical teenaged-male "more power is more fun" stage in very short order.</p><p></p><p>Good gaming is <strong>learned</strong>, not born into people.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Better -- teach someone ELSE how to have fun! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pax, post: 1030875, member: 6875"] I would chalk that up to not having paid attention to things like weather reports, etc. It's one thing to acknowledge that young players tend to also be inexperienced players. Even to acknowledge that inexperienced players tend to be ... not the [b]best[/b] of players. However, the same does not follow [i]in reverse[/i]; just because a player is less than optimal -- or even, to be blunt, absolute CRAP -- it does not follow that they must be inexperienced (plenty of veteran gamers are also [b]crap[/b] gamers). And just because a gamer is inexperienced, it does not follow that they must be young (I've personally introduced 50-year-olds to D&D, folks who'd never played anything closer to an RPG than the original Legend of Zelda, in fact). Therefor, just because someone is a horrid gamer, it does not follow that they are young. Exactly the wrong answer, IMO. How do bad players learn to be good, if they're never allowed into the good players' games? How do young players learn to be good players, if they're only allowed to play with other kids ... and those same bad players? Gamers learn to play from those they play [b]with[/b]. That thirteen year old I mentioned was so good, not because of some huge, amazing talent. Rather, he learned from older, usually-more-experienced gamers. Thathelped him grow through and [b]past[/b] the stereotypical teenaged-male "more power is more fun" stage in very short order. Good gaming is [b]learned[/b], not born into people. Better -- teach someone ELSE how to have fun! :) [/QUOTE]
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