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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9000561" data-attributes="member: 18">Why would you assume that? That's a bad assumption, because long experience of people asking this kind of question shows it's usually not true. The vast majority of people who ask that kind of question literally aren't familiar with the other RPGs in the genre they're discussing. This isn't novel or arguable - it happens over and over.Further, it's easily forestalled by the person noting that they're aware of X, Y and Z games or the like. It's a fairly safe assumption that if they don't mention similar games, they don't know about them.That's literally a nonsense sentence. You seem to have the cart before the horse. You could try arguing it was a "poor assumption" to give advice assuming the person was uninformed, but it's not "poor advice". Also, as I've noted, most people who ask that question absolutely are uninformed about the broader hobby, so it's clearly not a bad assumption if the person doesn't mention that they are. Particularly D&D players. This isn't a zing on them, but the reality is, most "TTRPG players":A) Have only ever played D&D.B) Are not aware of what other RPGs are out there.The reality is, though, you're not talking about DM advice, you're using a post about DM advice to grind an axe about an entirely separate issue.</blockquote>