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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 4947717" data-attributes="member: 61155">Someone playing the game the way he and his friends enjoy it? Yeah, that isn't a bad thing. Condemning someone else for not playing the way you want? That is absolutely a bad thing. Even worse is the fact that you think there is a problem playing a half-elf who doesn't make a big deal of his heritage - whether because they have embraced their human side, or simply because they don't feel the need to make their race the most prominent aspect of their character. I haven't listened to all the podcasts, but the sense I get? His character's class is a far more defining feature to him than his race. That is where a lot of his motivation and personality lies. And thus, race becomes less material besides his religious focus. Should he also be taking to task for not talking more about his parents? Or where he came from? Or any number of other myriad details? No one is required to hit some sort of checklist of information they need to unload on other players. There is no "you must be this tall to play D&D" requirement. A player builds a character they want to play. They share that player with their friends. If they don't focus on the details that are less important to them, that does not in any way make them a bad roleplaying, or a bad gamer, or somehow less worthy than you to play D&D. To claim otherwise is a fundamentally flawed outlook, and one I am definitely glad I don't have to deal with among my friends, in our games. The irony, here? The only other criticism I've seen of the podcasts - on a thread in the WotC forums - is that the players don't worry too much about the rules, and occasionally make mistakes or run things incorrectly. And that holds just as little weight, in the end. They are concerned about having fun by playing a game with their friends. They enjoy being part of a shared story experience, enjoy seeing their characters in action - defeating the villain, saving the day, the usual D&D experience. The fact that they don't meet some other groups arbitrary requirements for how to play? Irrelevant.They are the ones playing, and as long as they are having fun, they are clearly doing it right.</blockquote>

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