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  • DogWater@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Trump Insists That He and His Weird VP Pick J.D. Vance Are 'Not Weird'
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    2 months ago

    So the best version of your thesis is telling a bunch of people on a boat that aren’t wearing swimwear or planning on swimming that the water is good for swimming.

    To be clear, you were being a snotty shit head and didn’t have to say anything at all. But then you did anyway, and it was pointless. So pointless that you didn’t even say it clearly enough to be understood.

    Like my comment to the bush quote guy with a source is for all the people who clicked on the comments without wanting to read the rolling stone article. Your comment is for no one.

  • DogWater@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Trump Insists That He and His Weird VP Pick J.D. Vance Are 'Not Weird'
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    2 months ago

    It is stupid to me. because I did read the article. Im the one who went and got it from the internet and shared it here.

    I was verifying it was a real thing that happened because the Internet is full of bs and that is too fitting for the current trends of Dems calling maga weird to just believe on faith.

    How is that not obvious to you through context? Are you new to Internet forums?

    I’m imagining in your head where it’s the biggest coincidence in the world that my comment where I was laughing and saying wow I didn’t know that includes an article with a reputable source saying it did happen and for some reason I DIDNT READ IT. And then you are acting fuckin aggro about me not reading my own link?

    I have so many questions about what life is like for you day to day. You should be studied.

  • DogWater@lemmy.worldtoRPGMemes @ttrpg.network•People have fun in different ways, I suppose.
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    2 months ago

    You’re a good game ambassador. Keep trying.

    Allowing for newer gamers to actually engage with the system is what is fun for them, same as all players. They won’t have fun just watching someone who knows what to do play their turn for them. Idk if it would work, but it might be worth trying instituting a rule between your partner and you before a game night starts that says the more experienced players will only offer advice when asked? It might help, just spit balling.

    My personal strategy I liked to do when I showed new people pandemic was asking what people around the table thought was important at key moments, as well as being vocal about the processes in the game. That way there is 2 way active discussion. If I can realize from those conversations that less experienced players are missing something (like it’s been a little too long since seeing an epidemic card) I make sure to state that during my “what I think is important” contribution.

    I try to make sure I’m not using language that makes it appear that I think my ideas are better than theirs, instead I try to talk as a GM who is making sure everyone knows objective facts about the game state and what may happen.

    In my experience, doing that as well as constantly talking about game state and mechanics for new people such as, “remember, the next time we get an epidemic card (whenever that may be) London is going to outbreak,” shows critical phases of the game that the group should be concerned with, but when it’s worded like that you aren’t putting pressure on the players to do anything about it outright. it still allows them the freedom to say “I don’t think that’s going to sink us, I wanna focus on blah blah blah on my turn.”

    Thats seems to be the best technique that I’ve found to take the pressure off of them to listen to the experienced players and fall in line. When the experienced players aren’t dictating a course of action, but rather are stating what is going on and asking what we should do as a group to new players, it allows new players at the table to feel situationally aware and make confident choices because they feel included and like they aren’t missing anything.

    (I should point out that your partner shouldn’t be answering you if you ask haha of course they already know. it’s about coercing the newbies into playing rather than watching. not trying to insult, but if your partner struggles with alpha gaming they gotta know that isn’t a question for them to answer)

    I wish you luck.

    There’s nothing better than showing someone that game and they take a risk (either intentionally or not), it blows up in their face, and they have to scramble to recover and just BARELY scrape by with a ton of luck.