You're Playing Cards Wrong!

[FireLance]

I wonder if people who play different card games accuse each other of having badwrongfun.

I wonder if players of Contract Bridge complain that the "every player for himself" style of Hearts is too adversarial, and suggest that those who play Hearts must have had a history of bad partners.

I wonder if players of Hearts feel the need to constantly criticize Contract Bridge because the partner of the player who wins the contract has to sit out an entire round.

I wonder if players of Contract Bridge feel superior to players of Hearts because they play with whatever hand they are dealt, instead of passing cards to each other.

I wonder if players of Hearts think that players of Contract Bridge are soft because the Queen of Spades has been horribly nerfed in that game, to the point that she is no longer "special".

I wonder whether it's worthwhile to point out that even when we gamers use the same rulebooks and dice, we may not be playing the same game.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Pretty much everyone plays Monopoly according to house rules, even if they don't think that they do. I've always thought that was sort of interesting.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Bah. You're using the forum improperly! This is a badwrongthread! What's the matter with you?!

 

[Mouseferatu]

Pretty much everyone plays Monopoly according to house rules, even if they don't think that they do. I've always thought that was sort of interesting.

"Pretty much everyone"? 'splain, please.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Pretty much everyone"? 'splain, please.

By the Monopoly RAW, there's no money in Free Parking. When you land on a property you don't want to buy, it's auctioned immediately, and anyone can buy it if they bid the most. Oh, and some people skip the "must build evenly on all properties" rule.

Of those three common house rules, I've never played in a game where every space was auctioned if the person landing there didn't snap it up immediately, and only rarely played a game where there wasn't cash in Free Parking.

(Ironically, people complain about Monopoly taking too long, when playing by the RAW and dumping those first two common house rules would dramatically speed up play.)

 

[FireLance]

Bah. You're using the forum improperly! This is a badwrongthread! What's the matter with you?!

So, it should be moved to the 4e forum?

 

[Creamsteak]

I suddenly want to argue about what way of playing monopoly is the best.

 

[FireLance]

By the Monopoly RAW, there's no money in Free Parking. When you land on a property you don't want to buy, it's auctioned immediately, and anyone can buy it if they bid the most. Oh, and some people skip the "must build evenly on all properties" rule.

Of those three common house rules, I've never played in a game where every space was auctioned if the person landing there didn't snap it up immediately, and only rarely played a game where there wasn't cash in Free Parking.

(Ironically, people complain about Monopoly taking too long, when playing by the RAW and dumping those first two common house rules would dramatically speed up play.)

I've played Monopoly by the RAW, and it still wasn't very much fun. :\

 

[FireLance]

I suddenly want to argue about what way of playing monopoly is the best.

Get your own thread.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I accuse Contract Bridge players of badwrongfun because they should be playing 500.
But that's the Aussie in me.

Seriously I love Hearts as much as 500 (an Aussie game similar to Bridge), they're just different fun is all.

Badwrongfun is one of those things you get whenever people of a certain type start sharing their thoughts. Whether discussing games, politics, sex or god. These sorts of people know that their version is right and therefore others should do it their way.

I've always put this mentality down to people being insecure about what they're doing, what they believe etc etc. Unless everyone is doing what they're doing they feel unsure themselves. I consider this the root cause of Killjoyism.

But I'm willing to be contradicted.