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

[Snarf Zagyg]

You can say anything you want as long as an emoticon is at the end. Its the new "no offense but..."

Any statement that starts, "With all due respect ..."

... inevitably ends with, "your opinions are trash, and you are a bad person for having them."

 

[payn]

Any statement that starts, "With all due respect ..."

... inevitably ends with, "your opinions are trash, and you are a bad person for having them."

I was in a PF2 game a couple years ago. One player would ask if they could, "make a suggestion". At first it seemed like he wanted folks to be aware of options and did so in a less demanding way. After a few sessions it was clear they were just trying to be a polite optimizer.

 

[FrogReaver]

Any statement that starts, "With all due respect ..."

... inevitably ends with, "your opinions are trash, and you are a bad person for having them."

But at least you’re still respected. Imagine how that would sound without the respect.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

But at least you’re still respected. Imagine how that would sound without the respect.

Well, you have to remember that they aren't respecting you.

They are only giving you the respect that they think you are due. Which, based on the remainder of the comment, is usually something between diddly and squat.

 

[payn]

But at least you’re still respected. Imagine how that would sound without the respect.

lol, "without any respect due or otherwise,..." is what it should be.

 

[prabe]

I was in a PF2 game a couple years ago. One player would ask if they could, "make a suggestion". At first it seemed like he wanted folks to be aware of options and did so in a less demanding way. After a few sessions it was clear they were just trying to be a polite optimizer.

Depending on how they took their "suggestions" being rejected--or otherwise not acted on--that could be OK. No quarterbacking is better than any quarterbacking, but polite, laid-back quarterbacking is better than rude, insistent quarterbacking. At least, in my experience.

 

[payn]

Depending on how they took their "suggestions" being rejected--or otherwise not acted on--that could be OK. No quarterbacking is better than any quarterbacking, but polite, laid-back quarterbacking is better than rude, insistent quarterbacking. At least, in my experience.

At first, I thought it was a refreshing way to simply talk about the game and characters without seeming like a control freak. After like the 15th time I realized it was trying to tell folks how to play while walking on eggshells.

 

[FrogReaver]

lol, "without any respect due or otherwise,..." is what it should be.

Sooo, ‘with all due respect, you get no respect’.

 

[prabe]

At first, I thought it was a refreshing way to simply talk about the game and characters without seeming like a control freak. After like the 15th time I realized it was trying to tell folks how to play while walking on eggshells.

I still am inclined to say it's not the worst case, especially with a game as complicated as PF2e, especially especially if most of the table were new to it and your quarterback wasn't. That's not to say it couldn't be or couldn't become annoying, of course.

 

[prabe]

Sooo, ‘with all due respect, you get no respect’.