The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[CleverNickName]

So, if I managed to avoid commenting on something in another thread, but came here to brag about having done so, do I lose any good karma from the initial act?

Yep. That's the irony of this thread.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I have no problem if people want to play that way. I just get annoyed (perhaps unreasonably so) when the assumption is that the game makes stories or plays out stories, rather than stories are made out of what happens - if you see the difference. As a GM I do not find, "that is what'd happen in X movie or novel" a compelling argument for allowing something. I'm not into playing or running D&D that way. I know there are other RPGs specifically designed to make stories. I would be willing to try one of those.

If you're talking about FATE, yes absolutely. It's designed to lean into the movie tropes, and does so very effectively. You're not gaming for the same things as in, say D&D or whatever. The metacurrency of the game is tokens, and you get them for leaning into the tropes, so that the game will encourage that sort of play.

In a game like D&D, the metacurrency is experience points and gold pieces. So, it encourages activities that gain the character more of that -- adventuring. That's what it encourages.

I agree completely that player assumptions can make or ruin a session, which is why, when starting with a new table, I try to manage expectations and question the players to see what kind of gameplay they're looking for.

 

[Gradine]

I have a confession to make.

I haven't been able to eat pizza in months.

Even trying like my favorite types of pizza, it just all tastes terrible to me now.

What have I become?

 

[eyeheartawk]

What have I become?

Free.

 

[Gradine]

Free.

 

[prabe]

I have a confession to make.

I haven't been able to eat pizza in months.

Even trying like my favorite types of pizza, it just all tastes terrible to me now.

What have I become?

Sad, probably?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

What have I become?

Inability to enjoy pizza is the first step in the transformation, Gradine.

 

[overgeeked]

Wanting the game to be prescriptive and limited to only your singular style of play is like going to a restaurant and expecting them to not only already know what you want but to only serve that. Some niche restaurants specialize and serve what you want. But going to the biggest fast-food burger joint in the country and expecting three-star pan-seared chicken and asparagus over a bed of creamy risotto is 100% a you problem.

 

[payn]

Wanting the game to be prescriptive and limited to only your singular style of play is like going to a restaurant and expecting them to not only already know what you want but to only serve that. Some niche restaurants specialize and serve what you want. But going to the biggest fast-food burger joint in the country and expecting three-star pan-seared chicken and asparagus over a bed of creamy risotto is 100% a you problem.

Yes, its a problem not knowing the type of restaurant you are attending. A lot of folks assume the restaurant should be a buffet.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yes, its a problem not knowing the type of restaurant you are attending. A lot of folks assume the restaurant should be a buffet.

"What do you mean you don't have oatmeal?! I thought this was a restaurant, that you served actual food."
"Sir, this is a pizza shop."