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<blockquote data-quote="Mazlyn" data-source="post: 4399635" data-attributes="member: 74447"><p><strong>My zen moment...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Hey Kzach,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Haven’t you ever thought it odd that you <span style="color: blue">"…for various reasons, has had to start new groups quite often"</span>?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Did it ever dawn on you that <span style="color: blue">"…disruptive behaviour"</span> is a subjective term?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">What about <span style="color: blue">"…cherry-pick players who I feel will suit my play style"</span> isn’t just a little bit authoritarian?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">There are those who see the world as "sheep and sheepdogs" and maybe it’s true. I also agree with the axiom that gaming is supposed to be fun. But I would implore you to take a moment and think about overcoming the small challenges of <em>capable</em> opponents (some of which are on our side of the table!)</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I truly believe that I have some of my most enjoyable games with adversaries and party members who won’t just "toe the line". I see it as a challenge to accomplish a goal with the "broken" tools dealt us. And it is just as much a failure for the group to dissolve by everybody going home mad as it is for a "party wipe". </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Just a thought friend. (and a little tweak!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nothin' but love<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkorange"><em>"There is no glory in outstripping donkeys." ~ Marcus Valerius Martialus</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mazlyn, post: 4399635, member: 74447"] [b]My zen moment...[/b] [SIZE=2]Hey Kzach,[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Haven’t you ever thought it odd that you [COLOR=blue]"…for various reasons, has had to start new groups quite often"[/COLOR]?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Did it ever dawn on you that [COLOR=blue]"…disruptive behaviour"[/COLOR] is a subjective term?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]What about [COLOR=blue]"…cherry-pick players who I feel will suit my play style"[/COLOR] isn’t just a little bit authoritarian?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]There are those who see the world as "sheep and sheepdogs" and maybe it’s true. I also agree with the axiom that gaming is supposed to be fun. But I would implore you to take a moment and think about overcoming the small challenges of [I]capable[/I] opponents (some of which are on our side of the table!)[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]I truly believe that I have some of my most enjoyable games with adversaries and party members who won’t just "toe the line". I see it as a challenge to accomplish a goal with the "broken" tools dealt us. And it is just as much a failure for the group to dissolve by everybody going home mad as it is for a "party wipe". [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Just a thought friend. (and a little tweak!)[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nothin' but love;)[/SIZE] [COLOR=darkorange][I]"There is no glory in outstripping donkeys." ~ Marcus Valerius Martialus[/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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