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<blockquote data-quote="Abraxas" data-source="post: 6092541" data-attributes="member: 1266"><p>I don't think it matters what the game is built around, setting up fun situations should always be the goal. If not why in the world would anyone play?</p><p></p><p>That's not what I meant <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have found, however system is irrelevant when someone isn't having fun unless it is with the actual system itself.</p><p></p><p>So you would try to cater to that one player even if the rest of the group didn't have the same feelings?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyways, just a couple other comments. Currently I am in a game where one of the players is actively trying to reframe situations constantly to make things fun for him. In doing so he is making the game less fun for me and I believe others. In most cases, when any player is not having fun (myself as a player included) I am usually more satisfied with the DM reframing things to get the best fit for the whole group. It has been my experience that generally most players don't have the necessary information regarding the other players (or the campaign as a whole) to reframe things in a way that really makes the most people happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abraxas, post: 6092541, member: 1266"] I don't think it matters what the game is built around, setting up fun situations should always be the goal. If not why in the world would anyone play? That's not what I meant :) I have found, however system is irrelevant when someone isn't having fun unless it is with the actual system itself. So you would try to cater to that one player even if the rest of the group didn't have the same feelings? Anyways, just a couple other comments. Currently I am in a game where one of the players is actively trying to reframe situations constantly to make things fun for him. In doing so he is making the game less fun for me and I believe others. In most cases, when any player is not having fun (myself as a player included) I am usually more satisfied with the DM reframing things to get the best fit for the whole group. It has been my experience that generally most players don't have the necessary information regarding the other players (or the campaign as a whole) to reframe things in a way that really makes the most people happy. [/QUOTE]
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