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<blockquote data-quote="DDK" data-source="post: 688489" data-attributes="member: 6469">Why do people constantly criticize min/maxing? I mean, ok, beyond a certain point and it becomes little more than an exercise in breaking the system but there seems to be this opinion that any amount of min/maxing immediately makes you a bad roleplayer because it cancels out the ability to roleplay that character.Or something to that effect.I see it countless times where DM's say how they limit players and how they're disappointed that their players min/max or how doing so somehow detracts from roleplaying. I think that attitude is just ridiculous.I honestly think it's just popular to think that and most people love getting on a bandwagon and being in the 'in' crowd.Well... I'm a min/maxer and, if given the chance in a game where roleplaying is encouraged, I'm a damn good roleplayer too.How it ever came to be that a hero had to be average to be 'realistic' or how min/maxing ever became a bad thing I truly don't understand.I always focus my characters on one or two particular aspects or around a particular theme and in doing so end up min/maxing. The character, as a result, has strengths AND weaknesses. How is this a bad thing? How does this in any way detract from my ability to roleplay such a character? If anything, it gives me MORE to roleplay, not less because my character isn't some cookie-cutter, average Joe but rather a person with specific goals and aspirations.So why is min/maxing a bad thing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DDK, post: 688489, member: 6469"] Why do people constantly criticize min/maxing? I mean, ok, beyond a certain point and it becomes little more than an exercise in breaking the system but there seems to be this opinion that any amount of min/maxing immediately makes you a bad roleplayer because it cancels out the ability to roleplay that character. Or something to that effect. I see it countless times where DM's say how they limit players and how they're disappointed that their players min/max or how doing so somehow detracts from roleplaying. I think that attitude is just ridiculous. I honestly think it's just popular to think that and most people love getting on a bandwagon and being in the 'in' crowd. Well... I'm a min/maxer and, if given the chance in a game where roleplaying is encouraged, I'm a damn good roleplayer too. How it ever came to be that a hero had to be average to be 'realistic' or how min/maxing ever became a bad thing I truly don't understand. I always focus my characters on one or two particular aspects or around a particular theme and in doing so end up min/maxing. The character, as a result, has strengths AND weaknesses. How is this a bad thing? How does this in any way detract from my ability to roleplay such a character? If anything, it gives me MORE to roleplay, not less because my character isn't some cookie-cutter, average Joe but rather a person with specific goals and aspirations. So why is min/maxing a bad thing? [/QUOTE]

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