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Okay, say you started a troupe, meant to play a specific game. You had
an entire chronicle written up, stories, chapters, and all. Midway
through a story based around one character whose player was unable to
make it, you decide to try out the new system. The other players like
the new system a lot, and one comes up with the idea that "hey, lets not
play this old game anymore and just wait for the new game for the new
system to come out, and keep playing this other game until then!" and
the rest of the group agrees, so to keep them happy you scrap all the
hard work you did on the chronicle and start writing stories for the new
game. Flash forward a few months, and the person who had this idea
keeps asking to borrow your books. Since you consider him a good friend
you see no reason not to lend them to him. Then after a night of
gaming, running the new game that they all agreed upon, one of the
players asks you to the side about what they can do with their character
from this other game they've been playing on the side. It turns out
that a few weeks after suggesting that we not play the game that you
worked so hard on, the one player started running stories of his own for
that game for the troupe, and they've all not mentioned this until the
one player didn't think and asks.
Who would feel ultimately insulted and upset about this? Obviously they
aren't questioning my Storytelling ability, or they would just not play
my games at all anymore. The thing I am most upset about is the fact
that I'd had all these stories written up, that I'd worked quite hard
on, including specific details, and they all liked their characters, but
as I said felt they liked the new system better. On top of that, though
it's my favorite game and don't mind if somebody else Storytells (yay! I
actually get to PLAY for once!?!?!?!?) and they know this, they keep it
a big secret and don't mention anything about it.
Okay, say you started a troupe, meant to play a specific game. You had
an entire chronicle written up, stories, chapters, and all. Midway
through a story based around one character whose player was unable to
make it, you decide to try out the new system. The other players like
the new system a lot, and one comes up with the idea that "hey, lets not
play this old game anymore and just wait for the new game for the new
system to come out, and keep playing this other game until then!" and
the rest of the group agrees, so to keep them happy you scrap all the
hard work you did on the chronicle and start writing stories for the new
game. Flash forward a few months, and the person who had this idea
keeps asking to borrow your books. Since you consider him a good friend
you see no reason not to lend them to him. Then after a night of
gaming, running the new game that they all agreed upon, one of the
players asks you to the side about what they can do with their character
from this other game they've been playing on the side. It turns out
that a few weeks after suggesting that we not play the game that you
worked so hard on, the one player started running stories of his own for
that game for the troupe, and they've all not mentioned this until the
one player didn't think and asks.
Who would feel ultimately insulted and upset about this? Obviously they
aren't questioning my Storytelling ability, or they would just not play
my games at all anymore. The thing I am most upset about is the fact
that I'd had all these stories written up, that I'd worked quite hard
on, including specific details, and they all liked their characters, but
as I said felt they liked the new system better. On top of that, though
it's my favorite game and don't mind if somebody else Storytells (yay! I
actually get to PLAY for once!?!?!?!?) and they know this, they keep it
a big secret and don't mention anything about it.
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