Correct. Both the players and the DM are being arseholes. Why the fuck are you defending the DM for doing what the players are doing?
You’re comparing the nineteen word meme that frames vindictive DMing as a natural consequence, rather than an unhealthy response to antagonism, to an experience you had that was, as far as I can see, entirely unrelated. Making the best of a shit situation you’ve been put in is to leave that situation. If you’re in a pit full of shit, don’t make marshmallows and sing songs. Either remove the shit or get out of the pit. Stop trying to argue that it’s fine to remain in the shit pit.
It’s a perfect example of something ONLY YOU have been talking about. The enforcement of expectations in your example was made using things that were already in the game in order to make the game fun. That’s not what other people have been talking about.
Please fucking read my comment. I did not say it was SOLELY the DM’s job. I said it was EVERYONE’s job, DM included. Please respond to what people ACTUALLY SAY. Yes, it’s a group activity, but if everyone in the group wants one thing and one person wants something else, they should leave that group. It doesn’t matter if that person is a DM or a player.
Correct. Both the players and the DM are being arseholes. Why the fuck are you defending the DM for doing what the players are doing?
You’re comparing the nineteen word meme that frames vindictive DMing as a natural consequence, rather than an unhealthy response to antagonism, to an experience you had that was, as far as I can see, entirely unrelated. Making the best of a shit situation you’ve been put in is to leave that situation. If you’re in a pit full of shit, don’t make marshmallows and sing songs. Either remove the shit or get out of the pit. Stop trying to argue that it’s fine to remain in the shit pit.
It’s a perfect example of something ONLY YOU have been talking about. The enforcement of expectations in your example was made using things that were already in the game in order to make the game fun. That’s not what other people have been talking about.
Please fucking read my comment. I did not say it was SOLELY the DM’s job. I said it was EVERYONE’s job, DM included. Please respond to what people ACTUALLY SAY. Yes, it’s a group activity, but if everyone in the group wants one thing and one person wants something else, they should leave that group. It doesn’t matter if that person is a DM or a player.