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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9286559" data-attributes="member: 7006">In a situation you describe here... my initial impulse is to assume that the players just made incredibly logical and smart decisions, leading to a straightforward &quot;solving&quot; of their issues.&nbsp; Which might make someone think they were being &quot;railroaded&quot; because everything worked.&nbsp; So all their &quot;choices&quot; would seem like they were the ONLY choice being given because all the other choices would be just too dumb for them to make.I don't know if this is how your situation actually played out... but I can certainly see how someone could reach that kind of conclusion, even if 's misguided.&nbsp; If something just works out for the best, some people are incredibly reticent to give themselves the credit for what they did, and instead just have to think they were &quot;helped along&quot;.&nbsp; Which is unfortunate if there are people who find themselves getting into this trap of their own making where any success seems undeserved.The fact is... sometimes we just all do something really, really well... and we would hope that we could just accept our own compliment for a job well done, rather than immediately assume nefarious deeds on the part of others to &quot;give us the win&quot; and that we didn't deserve or earn it.&nbsp; Because sometimes we do.&nbsp; We do deserve the win, and we should be proud of ourselves for getting it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9286559, member: 7006"] In a situation you describe here... my initial impulse is to assume that the players just made incredibly logical and smart decisions, leading to a straightforward "solving" of their issues. Which might make someone think they were being "railroaded" because everything worked. So all their "choices" would seem like they were the ONLY choice being given because all the other choices would be just too dumb for them to make. I don't know if this is how your situation actually played out... but I can certainly see how someone could reach that kind of conclusion, even if 's misguided. If something just works out for the best, some people are incredibly reticent to give themselves the credit for what they did, and instead just have to think they were "helped along". Which is unfortunate if there are people who find themselves getting into this trap of their own making where any success seems undeserved. The fact is... sometimes we just all do something really, really well... and we would hope that we could just accept our own compliment for a job well done, rather than immediately assume nefarious deeds on the part of others to "give us the win" and that we didn't deserve or earn it. Because sometimes we do. We do deserve the win, and we should be proud of ourselves for getting it. [/QUOTE]

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