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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3289737" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>Do you have, like mental powers? ESP? Telepathy? How the hell do you suppose he's going to know that his players are becoming dissatisfied if they all put on a happy face every game and play along with everything he comes up with without FREAKING SAYING SOMETHING? Do you think he'll sense it with The Force? Will he see through the ostensibly well-meaning, but UTTERLY FALSE FRONT that his players are putting up with keen psychological analysis borne of pathetic insecurity?</p><p></p><p>GEEZ, people are dense about this stuff.</p><p></p><p>TALK TO HIM. Tell him what you want and why you want it. You'll do FAR less damage to his ego than playing this STUPID game of ASSUMING that he's so mentally fragile. Or do you really think it better to continue this charade until his game completely melts down, nobody will ever play with him again, and he won't WANT to be DM because of the idiotic betrayal regarding the simple matter of players who keep pretending they want one thing while growing pissed off because they're not getting something different because the DM is PSYCHIC and knows these things without having to be told.</p><p></p><p>Keep your mouth shut any longer and you deserve EXACTLY what you get, but your DM will get shafted as a side effect for DOING NOTHING WRONG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3289737, member: 32740"] Do you have, like mental powers? ESP? Telepathy? How the hell do you suppose he's going to know that his players are becoming dissatisfied if they all put on a happy face every game and play along with everything he comes up with without FREAKING SAYING SOMETHING? Do you think he'll sense it with The Force? Will he see through the ostensibly well-meaning, but UTTERLY FALSE FRONT that his players are putting up with keen psychological analysis borne of pathetic insecurity? GEEZ, people are dense about this stuff. TALK TO HIM. Tell him what you want and why you want it. You'll do FAR less damage to his ego than playing this STUPID game of ASSUMING that he's so mentally fragile. Or do you really think it better to continue this charade until his game completely melts down, nobody will ever play with him again, and he won't WANT to be DM because of the idiotic betrayal regarding the simple matter of players who keep pretending they want one thing while growing pissed off because they're not getting something different because the DM is PSYCHIC and knows these things without having to be told. Keep your mouth shut any longer and you deserve EXACTLY what you get, but your DM will get shafted as a side effect for DOING NOTHING WRONG. [/QUOTE]
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