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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 688517" data-attributes="member: 158">To me, it isn't, to a certain extent. If it goes to the extent that it interferes with the other players who wish to play the game, then it needs to be moderated, just as excessive roleplay does. Not everyone enjoys the same things in a group.But in my mind, if you were trying to roleplay a serious group of adventurers, who go into life-threatening situations DAILY, then you'd BETTER do some maximizing of your strengths, and minimizing of your weaknesses!!!Look at the Green Berets, the SEALs, the rangers, or any special forces group. They COULD go in with a knife in their teeth, and ripples in their ab's, and possibly take down the opposition, but they DON'T WANT to do it that way - that's the path to never coming home again.They'll gear up, sneak, steal, and cutthroat their way to the opposition, and if they do their jobs well, the enemy is neutralized and they are gone before anyone knows it. They maximize their strengths and positions, and NEVER show the enemy a weakness.Many players have a vision of the heroic underdog, taking on all odds with all his foibles showing - and there's nothing wrong with the style of play. But it should also be recognized that plausibly, no sane group would risk life and limb daily, and more importantly without every advantage they could get hold of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 688517, member: 158"] To me, it isn't, to a certain extent. If it goes to the extent that it interferes with the other players who wish to play the game, then it needs to be moderated, just as excessive roleplay does. Not everyone enjoys the same things in a group. But in my mind, if you were trying to roleplay a serious group of adventurers, who go into life-threatening situations DAILY, then you'd BETTER do some maximizing of your strengths, and minimizing of your weaknesses!!! Look at the Green Berets, the SEALs, the rangers, or any special forces group. They COULD go in with a knife in their teeth, and ripples in their ab's, and possibly take down the opposition, but they DON'T WANT to do it that way - that's the path to never coming home again. They'll gear up, sneak, steal, and cutthroat their way to the opposition, and if they do their jobs well, the enemy is neutralized and they are gone before anyone knows it. They maximize their strengths and positions, and NEVER show the enemy a weakness. Many players have a vision of the heroic underdog, taking on all odds with all his foibles showing - and there's nothing wrong with the style of play. But it should also be recognized that plausibly, no sane group would risk life and limb daily, and more importantly without every advantage they could get hold of. [/QUOTE]

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