Where is that eyeroll emoji?The Alexandrian coined a particular phrase to summarize a set of rather unpleasant player traits
EDIT: This was a poor choice of analogy on my part.
It is a game, not a
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Where is that eyeroll emoji?The Alexandrian coined a particular phrase to summarize a set of rather unpleasant player traits
And you can stop being married. That doesn't mean a spouse can't be abusive. This is a weird hill for you to mount a defense from.It is a game, not a marriage. I reject the notion of "abusive GMs" because people can just stop playing with that jerk.
Let's not go there. i should have used a different analogy so I will edit my post.And you can stop being married. That doesn't mean a spouse can't be abusive.
My point is that anyone can walk away from a jerk DM's D&D table. The idea of "abused player syndrome" is both nonsense and exactly the kind of thing I would expect from The Alexandrian.This is a weird hill for you to mount a defense from.
Maybe 'Abused' is too strong of a term. I do think there is merit to the idea of players, especially new players developing the wrong mindset from being in bad games.Let's not go there. i should have used a different analogy so I will edit my post.
My point is that anyone can walk away from a jerk DM's D&D table. The idea of "abused player syndrome" is both nonsense and exactly the kind of thing I would expect from The Alexandrian.
Maybe. I know a frequent refrain these days is "Better no game than a bad game" but that came as a reaction to a pretty frequent refrain from earlier in the hobby "Better a bad game than no game". I know a lot of people who, if they wanted to play, had to play with whomever was around and willing to DM. It's great that there are better resources now, including the ability to play more computer RPGs, watch live play online, and play online, but it wasn't always this way. There's no point in blaming the people who were abused because they wanted to be able to participate in the hobby and had limited choices.My point is that anyone can walk away from a jerk DM's D&D table. The idea of "abused player syndrome" is both nonsense and exactly the kind of thing I would expect from The Alexandrian.
Maybe 'Abused' is too strong of a term. I do think there is merit to the idea of players, especially new players developing the wrong mindset from being in bad games.
Maybe. I know a frequent refrain these days is "Better no game than a bad game" but that came as a reaction to a pretty frequent refrain from earlier in the hobby "Better a bad game than no game". I know a lot of people who, if they wanted to play, had to play with whomever was around and willing to DM. It's great that there are better resources now, including the ability to play more computer RPGs, watch live play online, and play online, but it wasn't always this way. There's no point in blaming the people who were abused because they wanted to be able to participate in the hobby and had limited choices.
Yeah. You sound kind of like all those people who say, "Why didn't she just leave her husband?" Social dynamics can be really complicated, and sometimes it's not easy walking away from the table because you're also walking about from a relationship of some kind.My point is that anyone can walk away from a jerk DM's D&D table. The idea of "abused player syndrome" is both nonsense and exactly the kind of thing I would expect from The Alexandrian.
Are you serious?Yeah. You sound kind of like all those people who say, "Why didn't she just leave her husband?" Social dynamics can be really complicated, and sometimes it's not easy walking away from the table because you're also walking about from a relationship of some kind.
I sure am. You take exception to my use of the word abusive. Okay. Noted. I'm going to keep using it though.Are you serious?