tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post3924316030836443835..comments2024-02-05T03:35:05.363-05:00Comments on Reality Refracted: Discussion: What Makes You NOT Want To Play In A Game?A.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05306497273874881493noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-72326689782286933762013-05-28T15:17:16.236-04:002013-05-28T15:17:16.236-04:00Ah, thanks A.L.Ah, thanks A.L.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268667431136197733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-37471962574550044532013-05-28T15:15:50.865-04:002013-05-28T15:15:50.865-04:00I most probably don't have the depth of gaming...I most probably don't have the depth of gaming experience that most here have. However, the most severe gaming challenges I've run into were from other players rather than the GM. Certainly there've been things I haven't been crazy about on the GM side but they aren't the ones that rose to the level of driving me a little bananas.<br /><br />It's been the player that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268667431136197733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-79972392295086883562013-05-28T14:12:26.884-04:002013-05-28T14:12:26.884-04:00Agency is how much control the players have. Can t...Agency is how much control the players have. Can they determine their own fate, or are they on rails? In a game where the PCs have lots of agency the GM tends to be a bit more reactive to things as you never know what the PCs will do. In a game where the PCs have very little agency, the game can kinda feel like it is on rails. Low agency is like a video game in a lot of ways. Sure, it may look A.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05306497273874881493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-20279602562965622092013-05-28T13:34:00.738-04:002013-05-28T13:34:00.738-04:00Coureton I'm not sure what 'agency' re...Coureton I'm not sure what 'agency' refers to - can you give an example?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268667431136197733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-25237074027927490692013-05-26T14:07:01.139-04:002013-05-26T14:07:01.139-04:00Badly balanced games that punish you hard for flav...Badly balanced games that punish you hard for flavor choices.<br /><br />Players that make characters with disorders or other personality quirks that cause too much conflict or attention away from the story and everyone else.<br />Sleypyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312880538526134941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-60921355431148761792013-05-25T17:09:03.123-04:002013-05-25T17:09:03.123-04:00Any game where the mechanical build of your charac...Any game where the mechanical build of your character is going to be far, far more important than roleplaying will usually get a pass from me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-68760085421698132042013-05-24T16:15:12.807-04:002013-05-24T16:15:12.807-04:00GMs who ignore any precautions players have taken ...GMs who ignore any precautions players have taken and shove their encounter down your throat anyway.<br /><br />Campaigns with omniscient NPCs.<br /><br />Encounters with nothing to grab onto, use, or even avoid, besides the mobs.<br /><br />Sessions where more time is spent focused on the rulebook than the story.Keith Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059044388944936192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-8094923845883496962013-05-24T10:28:34.319-04:002013-05-24T10:28:34.319-04:00My hard line I'm done list is relatively short...My hard line I'm done list is relatively short.<br /><br />Lack of agency for the players is a flat out No for me, and will lead me to leave as fast as I possibly can. It doesn't even have to be my PC, when the GM is cutting agency for player characters I'm done.Couretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345010106705079453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624244242117701070.post-33061451026439349002013-05-24T02:45:06.384-04:002013-05-24T02:45:06.384-04:00We've been discussing MechWarrior as a possibl...We've been discussing MechWarrior as a possible game in my weekly group for years and I know that I would bow out of that one because the system holds absolutely no interest for me. Neither do fantasy settings like DnD or the german DSA, at least not as they are usually played. The words dungeon crawl are enough to make me go look for another game.<br /><br />I played SR with a group of total???https://www.blogger.com/profile/00467285279627231933noreply@blogger.com