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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 7342486" data-attributes="member: 40166">What's 1+1?A new player is capable of not understanding why GMs worldbuild. You do, in fact, have some understanding of why GMs worldbuild. You probably have more than many GMs have. You could have asked &quot;why do you worldbuild as a GM&quot;, and that would have felt like you're willing to listen. You could have said &quot;Worldbuilding is overrated&quot; and people would have expected a strong opinion. But &quot;what is GM worldbuilding for&quot; feels like, and is, a bit of a trap; you're not interested in the answers people have, you're interested in arguing with the answers. So, yes, that's on you; if you use a question to start a discussion you have a solid opinion in, instead of elicit information, then some people are going to be annoyed.I don't feel people jumped forward to answer the question I put at the top of this post, and I wouldn't have. It's because I can see two distinct responses the poster might give, the first being:and if I wanted to post that, I should have just posted it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 7342486, member: 40166"] What's 1+1? A new player is capable of not understanding why GMs worldbuild. You do, in fact, have some understanding of why GMs worldbuild. You probably have more than many GMs have. You could have asked "why do you worldbuild as a GM", and that would have felt like you're willing to listen. You could have said "Worldbuilding is overrated" and people would have expected a strong opinion. But "what is GM worldbuilding for" feels like, and is, a bit of a trap; you're not interested in the answers people have, you're interested in arguing with the answers. So, yes, that's on you; if you use a question to start a discussion you have a solid opinion in, instead of elicit information, then some people are going to be annoyed. I don't feel people jumped forward to answer the question I put at the top of this post, and I wouldn't have. It's because I can see two distinct responses the poster might give, the first being: and if I wanted to post that, I should have just posted it. [/QUOTE]

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