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TOUCHY SUBJECT RANT: What if you don't like the people you game with?
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<blockquote data-quote="dreaded_beast" data-source="post: 1332454" data-attributes="member: 11185"><p>I agree with you in regards to honesty being the best way to live, but unfortunately I do not entirely agree that this is true to life. Based on my personal experience within my gaming group, honesty is sometimes meet with hurt feelings or bruised egos regardless of how much tact or consideration is involved.</p><p></p><p>But I wish the world was truly one where people could be honest without fear of repercussion. </p><p></p><p>There have been times where attempts to actually confront the DM with some concerns. For example, when we expressed some of our feelings to the DM (other players and myself), saying that he was a bit too snappy at times, he just could not conceive that he ever acted that way. </p><p></p><p>His response was always, "I don't think I ever acted like that".</p><p></p><p>If we tried to push the issue, then he would start to get irritated so we let it go. But the thing that eventually got to me was that he could never consider that he ever acted in such a way and he would get irritated, even though he would continue to say that he was open to all comments and suggestions, which he was for the most part. But if it was a comment or suggestion, he didn't like, that when it got difficult.</p><p></p><p>So attempts were made, but they never got anywhere, hence the bottling up of my concerns.</p><p></p><p>However, I understand your point of view and can see where you are coming from. I wish things could always be handled the way you have described and probably are within your campaign or elsewhere. If you are the DM, I applaud your efforts for trying to keep the lines of communication open with your players, and if you are a player, I envy your ability to have no fear of repercussion when speaking to your DM.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, my experience was not the same, but if there were more people with your attitude out there, maybe I would not have left my former group and we could have solved our problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreaded_beast, post: 1332454, member: 11185"] I agree with you in regards to honesty being the best way to live, but unfortunately I do not entirely agree that this is true to life. Based on my personal experience within my gaming group, honesty is sometimes meet with hurt feelings or bruised egos regardless of how much tact or consideration is involved. But I wish the world was truly one where people could be honest without fear of repercussion. There have been times where attempts to actually confront the DM with some concerns. For example, when we expressed some of our feelings to the DM (other players and myself), saying that he was a bit too snappy at times, he just could not conceive that he ever acted that way. His response was always, "I don't think I ever acted like that". If we tried to push the issue, then he would start to get irritated so we let it go. But the thing that eventually got to me was that he could never consider that he ever acted in such a way and he would get irritated, even though he would continue to say that he was open to all comments and suggestions, which he was for the most part. But if it was a comment or suggestion, he didn't like, that when it got difficult. So attempts were made, but they never got anywhere, hence the bottling up of my concerns. However, I understand your point of view and can see where you are coming from. I wish things could always be handled the way you have described and probably are within your campaign or elsewhere. If you are the DM, I applaud your efforts for trying to keep the lines of communication open with your players, and if you are a player, I envy your ability to have no fear of repercussion when speaking to your DM. Unfortunately, my experience was not the same, but if there were more people with your attitude out there, maybe I would not have left my former group and we could have solved our problems. [/QUOTE]
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