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pestigor · 07-12-2018, 02:28 PM

I once said during an Asperger rant in a game shop that "if this is true (I dropped and object from shoulder height) then you have to take into account a ton of other things" This was close to 20 years ago and I've grown as a gamer and a person from that time and as a friend of my pointed out "I don't think anyone is interested in Physics the Roleplaying game".
I'll say that there are people out there looking for "Physics the RPG" and there is nothing wrong with that, but what I realized is that I was "weaponizing" realism in that rant to be used against a GM.
Realism should be something the table comes to as an agreement and as friends, it shouldn't be something that is used as a weapon in an argument. If it is then you're argument is pretty weak as this is all make believe and based on rules agreed upon by everyone before hand and by using it, you just seem to be grasping at straws to get your way.
"You" and "your" aren't meant to target anyone here but just to illustrate my point.

07-12-2018, 02:28 PM	#42
pestigor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA	Re: What do we mean by "Realistic"? I once said during an Asperger rant in a game shop that "if this is true (I dropped and object from shoulder height) then you have to take into account a ton of other things" This was close to 20 years ago and I've grown as a gamer and a person from that time and as a friend of my pointed out "I don't think anyone is interested in Physics the Roleplaying game". I'll say that there are people out there looking for "Physics the RPG" and there is nothing wrong with that, but what I realized is that I was "weaponizing" realism in that rant to be used against a GM. Realism should be something the table comes to as an agreement and as friends, it shouldn't be something that is used as a weapon in an argument. If it is then you're argument is pretty weak as this is all make believe and based on rules agreed upon by everyone before hand and by using it, you just seem to be grasping at straws to get your way. "You" and "your" aren't meant to target anyone here but just to illustrate my point.