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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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<blockquote data-quote="Enrahim" data-source="post: 9709242" data-attributes="member: 7025577"><p>Ok, I think I now see the context and the misunderstanding.</p><p></p><p>Again I am not among those that insist on having the power you describe, but I think I can understand where those that might seem like that might be coming from. So let me give you another example I think might be relevant.</p><p></p><p>I am having a job that require me to sometimes use a computer. If the workplace did not provide me with a computer I might quite simply not have been able to do my job. Indeed I might have to very strongly insist the workplace provide me a computer for me to work for them. Do you from this conclude that I have a very strong intrinsic desire to use computers?</p><p></p><p>Indeed there are some strong indications that I might enjoy computer use in there. One is that I am having a job that require their use at all. The other being that I am motivated enough to do the job to proactively demand the required tools. However I think you agree that this is not <em>necessarily</em> so.</p><p></p><p>I am in absolutely no doubt that there is a significant population of power hungry narcissists out there that has entered the GMing role exactly I order to be able to exert the absolute power that is advertised. But I also think there is a significant population of GMs that just looks at this absolute power as a neccessary means for them to be able to do their job. I think looking at insistence of having that tool available is not a good way to try to discriminate between these two populations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enrahim, post: 9709242, member: 7025577"] Ok, I think I now see the context and the misunderstanding. Again I am not among those that insist on having the power you describe, but I think I can understand where those that might seem like that might be coming from. So let me give you another example I think might be relevant. I am having a job that require me to sometimes use a computer. If the workplace did not provide me with a computer I might quite simply not have been able to do my job. Indeed I might have to very strongly insist the workplace provide me a computer for me to work for them. Do you from this conclude that I have a very strong intrinsic desire to use computers? Indeed there are some strong indications that I might enjoy computer use in there. One is that I am having a job that require their use at all. The other being that I am motivated enough to do the job to proactively demand the required tools. However I think you agree that this is not [I]necessarily[/I] so. I am in absolutely no doubt that there is a significant population of power hungry narcissists out there that has entered the GMing role exactly I order to be able to exert the absolute power that is advertised. But I also think there is a significant population of GMs that just looks at this absolute power as a neccessary means for them to be able to do their job. I think looking at insistence of having that tool available is not a good way to try to discriminate between these two populations. [/QUOTE]
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