Tom Cashel
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Compromise
Take a break. Let tempers cool.
Why can't the game be a mix of role-playing and hack n' slash?
Take a break. Let tempers cool.
Why can't the game be a mix of role-playing and hack n' slash?
To Game or not to Game, that is the BIG question!
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tnx
tnx for all your opinions guys, really appreciate it.
I should also mention that the player in question sometimes has a negative influence on the game when he can't except that in the end the DM is always right. (on the ruling part at least)
But I agree with you Umbran that you can't shut someone out of the circle of friends even if his way of gaming is different. D&D to me is just a way of spending time with friends, spending time with friends doesn't mean D&D
Cooling down is probably the way to go and instead of gaming 2 times a week, we can play like 1 time a week and do some other stuff the remaining time we come together.
But there is still the problem of the sort of game we should run, and a compremise of RP and Hack 'n Slash should be found I think.
Splitting up probably isn't the way to go in our group
Grz Ash
tnx for all your opinions guys, really appreciate it.
I should also mention that the player in question sometimes has a negative influence on the game when he can't except that in the end the DM is always right. (on the ruling part at least)
But I agree with you Umbran that you can't shut someone out of the circle of friends even if his way of gaming is different. D&D to me is just a way of spending time with friends, spending time with friends doesn't mean D&D
Cooling down is probably the way to go and instead of gaming 2 times a week, we can play like 1 time a week and do some other stuff the remaining time we come together.
But there is still the problem of the sort of game we should run, and a compremise of RP and Hack 'n Slash should be found I think.
Splitting up probably isn't the way to go in our group
Grz Ash
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I am missing something here
Ok I'm the DM of this group and let me say there is only one player who doesnt want to roleplay but that certainly isnt the only problem.
When someone dies you get laughed at, when fighting he doesnt fight but looks for treasure, he doesnt help team mates and roleplaying is for idiots. And what irritates the most is when you tell the story, background ,surroundings or something else he doesnt listen and begins talking and surely doesnt listen. So hmm let me see why do you think i get irritated and some players to.
When i read this it fels like its my fault and i certainly dont think it is all to blame on me.
And we have another DM but when he DM's the problems only become greater!
Outcast
Ok I'm the DM of this group and let me say there is only one player who doesnt want to roleplay but that certainly isnt the only problem.
When someone dies you get laughed at, when fighting he doesnt fight but looks for treasure, he doesnt help team mates and roleplaying is for idiots. And what irritates the most is when you tell the story, background ,surroundings or something else he doesnt listen and begins talking and surely doesnt listen. So hmm let me see why do you think i get irritated and some players to.
When i read this it fels like its my fault and i certainly dont think it is all to blame on me.
And we have another DM but when he DM's the problems only become greater!
Outcast
Mathew_Freeman
Adventurer
Given those things you've just mentioned - don't DM for him! Doesn't sound like someone I'd want to play with either...
Re: I am missing something here
Outcast: Respectfully, as a third party who just read the thread, I didn't get that impression from any of the posts here. It's easy to become defensive about things you care about, especially on the net, so I wanted to point this out to you in case you were reading them with more hostility / accusation than they were intended.
The two of you have a style conflict. You're trying to change the game, because you invest a lot of effort in it, and the way it runs right now makes you unhappy, no? He resists the change, because he thinks the changes will make him unhappy.
If so, you have a fundamental difference of opinion. If you can't find a middle ground, something will have to give, and since the game can't survive without a DM, that something is either him or the game. Asheron's question about which one should give seems reasonable to me.
Personally, I think that in your place I would choose to keep the game (and alter it to make me happy), but I would then go out of my way to continue doing other, non-game things with the former player (and the rest of the group). I'd take care to minimize the amount that not including him in the game caused him feel like an outcast or unwelcome.
Just my take. I don't know any of you personally, so take it with the standard grain of salt.
. . . . . . . -- Eric
Outcast said:
Outcast: Respectfully, as a third party who just read the thread, I didn't get that impression from any of the posts here. It's easy to become defensive about things you care about, especially on the net, so I wanted to point this out to you in case you were reading them with more hostility / accusation than they were intended.
The two of you have a style conflict. You're trying to change the game, because you invest a lot of effort in it, and the way it runs right now makes you unhappy, no? He resists the change, because he thinks the changes will make him unhappy.
If so, you have a fundamental difference of opinion. If you can't find a middle ground, something will have to give, and since the game can't survive without a DM, that something is either him or the game. Asheron's question about which one should give seems reasonable to me.
Personally, I think that in your place I would choose to keep the game (and alter it to make me happy), but I would then go out of my way to continue doing other, non-game things with the former player (and the rest of the group). I'd take care to minimize the amount that not including him in the game caused him feel like an outcast or unwelcome.
Just my take. I don't know any of you personally, so take it with the standard grain of salt.
. . . . . . . -- Eric
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