The Four Gamers of the Apocalypse
Late yes I know.. work has been draining and my brain just could not focus on this but I think I've managed to get this one worked out and an idea has sprung.
The four gamer types of a Game's Apocalypse
Behold the four Gamer/horsemen that all GM's fear and do much facplanting when such a tool is discovered in thier well crafted story.
The first is an insidious creature... While often very useful in most situations if it is not carefully monitored it cvan completey destroy a play ennvirornment. It is the MacGuyver Playertype. For every situation there is a solution that can be cobbled together from bits and pieces of anything he may find. It is the danger of a slow powercreep where a GM may suddenly find he is no longer controlling the world... the world is reacting to the player.
The second is the Rules Lawyer. Any note and errata ever made is memorized and kept on file to use against the GM when he desires. His piles of books are only there to support his rigid desire for a perfectly controlled situation where he may exploit or defend his position in the game.
The third is the Min/Maxer also known as Das Munchkin. This gamer builds his character thinking in terms of numbers. It's like the matrix. It's not a person its a line of code that he manipulates so that it does something fantastically. Usually this is combat... other times manipulation of other people. Either way this single minded focus on one thing creates an imbalanced character and ruins play experience for others.
The last and possibly the most frustrating of Gamer types is the UBER. He's a combo of all the rest using rules, minmaxing techniques, and quite often simple pulling of items/skills/abilties out of ass-space. There is nothing in your campaign that can combat him.. and creating such a thing would ultimately destroy the rest of the party/players. They leech fun from the game which is a self-masturbatory act for them. It's all about them and thier fun. These people should be shot. except they're so bad-ass they'll just dodge it Neo-style.
Sorry for the delay.. we now put you back to your regularly scheduled blog.
Neji's Response!
The four gamer types of a Game's Apocalypse
Behold the four Gamer/horsemen that all GM's fear and do much facplanting when such a tool is discovered in thier well crafted story.
The first is an insidious creature... While often very useful in most situations if it is not carefully monitored it cvan completey destroy a play ennvirornment. It is the MacGuyver Playertype. For every situation there is a solution that can be cobbled together from bits and pieces of anything he may find. It is the danger of a slow powercreep where a GM may suddenly find he is no longer controlling the world... the world is reacting to the player.
The second is the Rules Lawyer. Any note and errata ever made is memorized and kept on file to use against the GM when he desires. His piles of books are only there to support his rigid desire for a perfectly controlled situation where he may exploit or defend his position in the game.
The third is the Min/Maxer also known as Das Munchkin. This gamer builds his character thinking in terms of numbers. It's like the matrix. It's not a person its a line of code that he manipulates so that it does something fantastically. Usually this is combat... other times manipulation of other people. Either way this single minded focus on one thing creates an imbalanced character and ruins play experience for others.
The last and possibly the most frustrating of Gamer types is the UBER. He's a combo of all the rest using rules, minmaxing techniques, and quite often simple pulling of items/skills/abilties out of ass-space. There is nothing in your campaign that can combat him.. and creating such a thing would ultimately destroy the rest of the party/players. They leech fun from the game which is a self-masturbatory act for them. It's all about them and thier fun. These people should be shot. except they're so bad-ass they'll just dodge it Neo-style.
Sorry for the delay.. we now put you back to your regularly scheduled blog.
Neji's Response!
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