Rules Lawyers: The Most Important Rules in all GURPS

pestigor · 05-07-2020, 12:27 AM

I was the kind of rules lawyer that could cause a TPK because most of my youth was spent obsessively trying to make sure things we're "by the book"...Many years later I was diagnosed with ASD (AKA Asperger's syndrome) and I realized why I was so insufferable for so long.

I have since figured out "By the book" can be what ever a group decides it is, the problem I had was I would get very technical and pedantic about stuff because of some kind of obsession with "doing it right" instead of "lets just have fun".

It's difficult to try and be less insufferable when you think, "I'm fine and what the heck is everyone so uptight about."

I'm not implying that ALL rules lawyers have autism, I'm just saying, I was a rules Lawyer and it made me insufferable to game with (Which is why I ended up being GM so often because I always had the rules squared away).

I'm also not saying playing by RAW (rules as written) is bad, I'm just saying if one obsessed more with the rules instead of having fun, usually no one is having fun.

05-07-2020, 12:27 AM	#21
pestigor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA	Re: Rules Lawyers: The Most Important Rules in all GURPS I was the kind of rules lawyer that could cause a TPK because most of my youth was spent obsessively trying to make sure things we're "by the book"...Many years later I was diagnosed with ASD (AKA Asperger's syndrome) and I realized why I was so insufferable for so long. I have since figured out "By the book" can be what ever a group decides it is, the problem I had was I would get very technical and pedantic about stuff because of some kind of obsession with "doing it right" instead of "lets just have fun". It's difficult to try and be less insufferable when you think, "I'm fine and what the heck is everyone so uptight about." I'm not implying that ALL rules lawyers have autism, I'm just saying, I was a rules Lawyer and it made me insufferable to game with (Which is why I ended up being GM so often because I always had the rules squared away). I'm also not saying playing by RAW (rules as written) is bad, I'm just saying if one obsessed more with the rules instead of having fun, usually no one is having fun.