RE: A note from your friendly neighborhood Devil's Advocate

[Lyle H Janney <lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu>]

Well, I figured someone would ask eventually.  I just expected the question
would come from one of the more skeptical members of the list.

In response, I wrote up a list of those people whom I know either no longer,
or seldom, show up due, primarily, to the behaviors of certain club members.
Some of these people have simply found 'better' things to do with their Sat.
nights, and I can't say that I blame them.  The list currently has _15_ people
on it and I'm certain I'm missing a few because I just jotted down the people
who popped into my head during the first 5 minutes I thought about it.

To confirm my list, I spoke with one of the people on the list to get their view
and they concurred.  The majority of the people listed left with very a bad taste
in their mouth and those that return from time to time tend to do so because
they have little else to do and are hoping that they will actually have a decent
gaming experience that night.

I do not currently intend to publish the list because of my own personal
convictions regarding decorum.  That, and I fully expect that various members
of the GMLIST would run down the list of names and give their own comments
regarding certain people on the list (e.g., 'glad they left', 'no, they work now', 
no, they still show up', etc.).  I'm not out to start another argument, I just want
you folks to realize that there are a lot of people who no longer find AQ to be
as much fun as it used to be.  To quote someone from the list of names, "if it
came down to a choice between AQ and a root canal, well, I'd have to think
about it."  The reasons they cite for it not being as much fun are the very
reasons I mentioned earlier; munchkinism, power-gaming, and rules-torqueing.

I realize that this leaves you guys thinking that I am unable to substantiate my
claims.  I assert that I am correct nonetheless.  If you really want to _prove_
me wrong, then find 15 people who no longer show up, rarely show up, or only
show up to GM and ask them why they rarely, if ever, come to play anymore.
Actually, you'd better make that 19 people, I thought of 4 more a couple minutes
ago.

Lyle

-----Original Message-----
From:	Wright Frazier [SMTP:khelek@ns1.cioe.com]

Who has left because of this 'attitude' that you bring up?  Not that
I pay huge amounts of attention to who shows and who doesn't show, but
from what I've heard, the majority of people who no longer show up are
because of work related responsiblities.

Wright