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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 3790962" data-attributes="member: 5143">I can't help but take offense to this comment.  I don't know what type of "grief players" you ran into or what types of players are "typically ostracized" from non-RPGA groups as nearly every member of the RPGA I've ever met has been in a home game as well.I, myself am a rules lawyer and somewhat of a power gamer.  I don't think these are a bad thing and I have yet to be ostracized from non-RPGA games because of it.  I found that some non-RPGA games that I've joined have not been my cup of tea since the DMs of them played fast and loose with the rules.  They didn't actually know the rules of the game and didn't really care what the rules were as long as the game moved smoothly.  One example was a DM who didn't know that you needed to charge in a straight line or that you couldn't charge if anything blocked your path and let people jump over 10 foot tall enemies with a DC 15 jump check because "it was cool", despite the fact that you can't move through an enemies' squares without making a DC 25 Tumble check of the enemy being 2 size categories larger than you.So, you could say my experience with unfamiliar DMs in home games has been fairly negative overall.  I really couldn't imagine fixing the tactical rules for 4th Ed by ignoring them and making up new ones all the time.I really would like to know what type of "undesireable personality traits" you have found in RPGA members.  People don't get along with everyone.  I don't think my list of undesirable traits would be the same as yours.  I think anyone who relies on logic and "common sense" more often than the rules is undesirable in my home games as I don't want to have to argue about "But it would make sense that I could do that, even though the rules don't let me" over and over again.  I dislike DMs with god complexes and the "DM is always right" attitude.I run into these people less often in the RPGA as they often leave the RPGA shortly after joining due to the fact that the game is too structured and rules based for them.  So, that has caused my experience with the RPGA to be a fairly positive one.</blockquote>

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