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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7716322" data-attributes="member: 22779">Thanks for that.&nbsp; I needed the giggle.Fair enough.&nbsp; Although, to be fair, my personality on boards is not exactly the same as how I play.Thing is, as I said before, I played with a LOT of strangers.&nbsp; Mostly random assortments of players and DM's who got together to play.&nbsp; Most of the time, I didn't play with friends - I moved far too often and, for the past almost twenty years, my gaming has been all on VTT's, meaning that I've never actually met my fellow players face to face in a very long time.&nbsp; Add to that the fact that many of the groups I played with had some absolutely atrocious DM's, probably including myself for a very long time since I mimicked how I saw other people run their games.&nbsp; Deus ex machina plot lines, sidelining PC's, railroading, and some blindingly poor DMing decisions (and I'm only talking about myself here, never minding the garbage games I played in for years) made for some extremely frustrating play for far too much time than I care to remember.I have to admit, I'm so jealous of players who have solid groups that have come together as friends and have such an easier time of gaming together.&nbsp; I certainly didn't have that.&nbsp; My gaming history is a litany of horror stories - the GMPC Mary Sue's, the lockstep railroading, you name it, I've either done it, or played it.So, yeah, my attitude towards things like table friction is a bit less forgiving than it might be.&nbsp; It hasn't been until the last, oh, about six or so years that I've had a stable group.&nbsp; The first thirty years or so was a hodgepodge of various gamers, all with wildly differing approaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7716322, member: 22779"] Thanks for that. I needed the giggle. Fair enough. Although, to be fair, my personality on boards is not exactly the same as how I play. Thing is, as I said before, I played with a LOT of strangers. Mostly random assortments of players and DM's who got together to play. Most of the time, I didn't play with friends - I moved far too often and, for the past almost twenty years, my gaming has been all on VTT's, meaning that I've never actually met my fellow players face to face in a very long time. Add to that the fact that many of the groups I played with had some absolutely atrocious DM's, probably including myself for a very long time since I mimicked how I saw other people run their games. Deus ex machina plot lines, sidelining PC's, railroading, and some blindingly poor DMing decisions (and I'm only talking about myself here, never minding the garbage games I played in for years) made for some extremely frustrating play for far too much time than I care to remember. I have to admit, I'm so jealous of players who have solid groups that have come together as friends and have such an easier time of gaming together. I certainly didn't have that. My gaming history is a litany of horror stories - the GMPC Mary Sue's, the lockstep railroading, you name it, I've either done it, or played it. So, yeah, my attitude towards things like table friction is a bit less forgiving than it might be. It hasn't been until the last, oh, about six or so years that I've had a stable group. The first thirty years or so was a hodgepodge of various gamers, all with wildly differing approaches. [/QUOTE]

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