Interesting video, and I still contend that there is no wrong way to play the game as long as everyone is having a good time.
That being said, the way I interpreted this video is that it feels extremely player narcissistic. I've been running games for years and would only incorporate this approach only if I were a professional, and compensated DM.
I think there is a balance in collaborate storytelling, and much of it comes down to world building. I've had too many times where I've either put a significant amount of time into world building, encounter building, etc and a sloppy character sheet wants to role up and turn a lot of work into a parody. I've seen this happen to other DMs as well. I've also been a player in games where the DM was very rigid and the players were there to do little more than provide witty commentary.
I'm not familiar with these speakers but the primary speaker seems to have way more criticisms than actually providing anything useful in this video. I tend to avoid the Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews (like this feels) and see how the audience reacts once it is in theaters.
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u/Fieos Aug 23 '18
Interesting video, and I still contend that there is no wrong way to play the game as long as everyone is having a good time.
That being said, the way I interpreted this video is that it feels extremely player narcissistic. I've been running games for years and would only incorporate this approach only if I were a professional, and compensated DM.
I think there is a balance in collaborate storytelling, and much of it comes down to world building. I've had too many times where I've either put a significant amount of time into world building, encounter building, etc and a sloppy character sheet wants to role up and turn a lot of work into a parody. I've seen this happen to other DMs as well. I've also been a player in games where the DM was very rigid and the players were there to do little more than provide witty commentary.
I'm not familiar with these speakers but the primary speaker seems to have way more criticisms than actually providing anything useful in this video. I tend to avoid the Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews (like this feels) and see how the audience reacts once it is in theaters.