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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 2740671" data-attributes="member: 7240">You know what? If someone can fool me into believing they are a nice affable guy for a whole two year campaign, that's just fine. As long as the noises in their head don't bother me, no harm.However, what really baffles me here is that you are proposing that a set of published rules saying "No serial killers" is more effective at screening out serial killers than a pre-game interview. Your job, in this thread, is not to illustrate that my strategy for screening out problem players is imperfect; your job, if you want to make your point, is to demonstrate that your method is more effective than mine is.I am arguing that my method is better at keeping nutcases away than yours, not that I have some form of easily-teachable telepathy.No. You garner more information about someone's social and psychological nature from an interpersonal interaction than you do by having them read a list of rules and then fill out a form.Ummmm... why is it bad to sound like you're talking directly to the person to whom you are talking directly?But only socially dysfunctional people would feel more secure about starting a long-term social relationship (which is what gaming is) based on a form and set of rules than starting one based on a productive and enjoyable meeting over a warm or cold beverage.But nobody is proposing to do that. Strawman alert. What I propose is having a nice free-flowing conversation comparing gaming tastes and social styles.There is nothing routine about filling out a form to participate in a social activity located in someone's home. Name another in-home social activity for which people are routinely asked to fill out forms.I have a bunch of journalist friends. They seem to have pretty mainstream ideas about social interaction. They also have a clear sense of people's on-record and off-record selves. The off-record self is a lot harder to conceal in a coffee date than on a form.But you have already credited that if someone asked the questions/stated the rules on the form, people would not be out of line in feeling offended. I don't understand what your position is here.I'm sorry but this is just nonsense. Have you ever penetrated an ungulate? You shouldn't be offended. After all, you have nothing to hide.</blockquote>

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