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<blockquote data-quote="mythago" data-source="post: 1672519" data-attributes="member: 3019">You're saying that if that chess player showed up in a tournament and was told &quot;Sorry, the queen only gets to move one space at a time--house rule,&quot; that it would be OK as long as the tournament sponsors could point to a time in the history of chess where the queen only got to move one space, and because it's THEIR tournament, darn it, so play with the gimped queen and treat it as a challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;If a black player were posting here that the white guys in his group never took him seriously, all the NPCs in the world were either white or bad gangsta-rapper ripoffs, and he was tired of his dark-skinned PC being ignored or harassed by the NPCs in the game, would you advise him that some people might find it &quot;fun&quot; or a &quot;challenge&quot; to overcome racism in-game?&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, there are probably players who would enjoy such a scenario. It's a bad idea to assume that one's players enjoy recreating real-life hassles in game. I notice not too many people beg their GMs to run scenarios where they have to fill out their tax forms correctly or try to get into a mandatory class with a long waitlist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythago, post: 1672519, member: 3019"] You're saying that if that chess player showed up in a tournament and was told "Sorry, the queen only gets to move one space at a time--house rule," that it would be OK as long as the tournament sponsors could point to a time in the history of chess where the queen only got to move one space, and because it's THEIR tournament, darn it, so play with the gimped queen and treat it as a challenge. If a black player were posting here that the white guys in his group never took him seriously, all the NPCs in the world were either white or bad gangsta-rapper ripoffs, and he was tired of his dark-skinned PC being ignored or harassed by the NPCs in the game, would you advise him that some people might find it "fun" or a "challenge" to overcome racism in-game? Yes, there are probably players who would enjoy such a scenario. It's a bad idea to assume that one's players enjoy recreating real-life hassles in game. I notice not too many people beg their GMs to run scenarios where they have to fill out their tax forms correctly or try to get into a mandatory class with a long waitlist. [/QUOTE]

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