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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5631453" data-attributes="member: 18701">I'm sure she wasn't intentionally trying to mock the game, upset anyone, or do any harm at all. I understand that, like most people who enjoy the silly names, it is done out of personal enjoyment and a way to have fun with their character.I just don't enjoy that sort of fun in my games. For me, I take it as a way of not taking the campaign seriously. I like to play D&D in a way where it isn't "just a game". I like getting into character, I like pretending the world is real (and realistic), and I really like it when the players are doing the same thing. Yes, you can do that with silly names, but for me, silly names pulls me out of that mind set and it becomes "just a game" that I won't take seriously since there is a very slapstick element. Playing in a silly game for me is like the difference between playing Shoots N Ladders, or Chess. People take Chess a lot more seriously and I have more fun playing Chess.It's not until she insists on using the silly name after I've told her the type of feel I'm going for in the game that makes me say that she was mocking the game. When you care so much about using a silly name for a character you haven't even played yet (& yer arguing about it), then yeah, yer kinda trying to make a mockery of the game by that point.</blockquote>