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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malcolypse" data-source="post: 5743755" data-attributes="member: 92042">For some reason whenever a stranger approaches me about roleplaying, they always seem to want to tell me about the character that is so powerful that they automatically succeed at everything (and they've been playing that character or one of it's siblings since it keeps dying, for 10 years) and they want to tell me every adventure they've ever acted in a particularly stupid manner in and about the magic items that let them ignore things like how paladins shouldn't murder and rape everyone in a town.I always think to myself "Couldn't you find a story that's interesting (or at least not insane) to try to convince me to let you into the game I'm running, or hit on me, or whatever it is you're trying to do?" Which is immediately followed by, "This is why gamers are thought of as complete doofuses by the masses."I try not to strike up random conversations about gaming until I get to know people well enough to know that they're quality individuals and to avoid the urge to do the hobby a favor and hit the idiots in the head with a shovel.</blockquote>