Please understand, we ARE there to have fun. But you have enough experience gaming to know that there are lots of gamers out there whose gaming habits are inimical to just that. This ad has been crafted specifically to attempt to select for the sorts of people who have gotten frustrated with Power Gamers/Munchkins, People-Who-Think-If-You-Can't-Play-Sixteen-Hours-In-A-Sitting-You-Aren't-A-Real-Gamer, Artistes, kids, Hack-n-Slashers, Rules-Lawyers, and Drama-Kings/Queens.
At no point do we believe that there is 'only ONE right way of roleplaying'. Most definitely, we have gamed enough to know that there are MANY different right ways to do it, and we have found (sometimes the hard way) that some of those ways are basically incompatible with each other.
To that end, we seek to find gamers who understand this, and incidentally, are not offended that we should seek to maximize our own enjoyment of gaming in the small amount of time we have to play each week.
Yes, we specifically filter out a lot of people. This is intentional, because there are a lot of people (who are fine people) who just don?t match our gaming styles. Those who do, we must work harder to find, often because they themselves have gotten pickier due to their own frustrating experiences with incompatible gamers.
If you are gaming to get your +8 HackMaster sword, then you probably will have the most fun with other gamers of the same sort. In that case, you might not have a great time with our interaction-based, character- and story-driven role-playing games. If you read the description above and opt out as a result, you've saved yourself time and trouble as well as us. Life is to short to not have fun at your fun. What's the problem there?
I appreciate your thoughtful response.
At no point do we believe that there is 'only ONE right way of roleplaying'. Most definitely, we have gamed enough to know that there are MANY different right ways to do it, and we have found (sometimes the hard way) that some of those ways are basically incompatible with each other.
To that end, we seek to find gamers who understand this, and incidentally, are not offended that we should seek to maximize our own enjoyment of gaming in the small amount of time we have to play each week.
Yes, we specifically filter out a lot of people. This is intentional, because there are a lot of people (who are fine people) who just don?t match our gaming styles. Those who do, we must work harder to find, often because they themselves have gotten pickier due to their own frustrating experiences with incompatible gamers.
If you are gaming to get your +8 HackMaster sword, then you probably will have the most fun with other gamers of the same sort. In that case, you might not have a great time with our interaction-based, character- and story-driven role-playing games. If you read the description above and opt out as a result, you've saved yourself time and trouble as well as us. Life is to short to not have fun at your fun. What's the problem there?