I think youre probably correct. I expand on my thoughts in a reply to obi tom above.

I think "lack of imagination" is a problem of investment. I found even invested players that dont seem to participate come through when they have to. If you get a bunch of players where hang out is most important that is not going to work for player like us whether we're min makers or theatre guys

I have run many AP. All you need is invested players. Always I have had the "hang out" player. Those people are not invested and barely manifest except for a roll. I think the lack of imagination is simply players not into it. Minmaxers that dont like roleplay tend to shine in tactics.

In character creation I'd agree. That doesn't mean the rest of the game there's no imagination. Ive had minmaxers, power gamers, theatre actors all in my game. None of them have ever done the ONE thing. They tend to favor min max but they are often the system mastery players that get the restof game

I never say above all else. But I favor mechanics. Different situations require different approaches but generally if mechanics makes something impossible I wont allow it.

I like emergent story. It feels earned.

For many of us the game comes first and story comes second. For many of us the math results tell the story and thats why we play. I dont need to see non actors put on a cringy performance.

Ive found that when people say this they mean people dont have the showman kind of imagination people think actual play has. Tactics is imagination. Manifesting your character in numbers has imagination. Paraphrasing dialogue is as much role play as silly voices and drawn out dialogue.

Thats how the game started. Many of us dont want the DM using silly voices like critical role. Just because you paraphrase and dont use voices doesnt mean you dont have imagination. It takes as much imagination to manifest the game in numbers.

... Like the knock of Jehovas Witness at the door.

100% agree

After your insane lecture I don't really put much stock to your claim on reality. If you think someone with a gripe about a show is a d bag thats your issue, not mine.

That response was not to you. Many thanks happy holidays as well.

What kind of insane lecture is this? They owed me nothing? And I dont owe them anything so as a Netflix customer I will say they made the product worst by not paying attention. I also dont owe it to them NOT to tell people they were wrong. When companies mess up a product customers respond.

They knew better. Its not a lot to ask for writers that know to get it right

Its annoying. As a chemistry teacher it's like a good student messing up their test questions with arithmetic errors. You'd like to give them an A+ but you cant because of the careless errors

I 100% agree though they were not analyzing anything. Im just not sure there was an agenda.

Jabba thugs werent really humanized either. They were action poodoo

The enemy soldiers in ep 1-3 were Droids. We grew with the clones for the human tragedy. Storm troopers in 4-6 were weak minded, talked about cars, but were literally faceless. Can't agree Stormtroopers were humanized in the films. You need the books and post Lucas SW for that.

In the early 80s fans were debating if Stormtroopers were real humans. Yes I know the evidence for human, but the age group Star Wars was made for was debating whether Stormtroopers were robots or people.

Look at the other videos these guys talk about with world building. They clearly know how to talk about this stuff.

In this moment it seems like these guys are just goofing around. Their not trying to analyze. I dont even think its an agenda. Its simply a preference in how to use game constructs

Im a beer brewer that was really snobby about beer. Than I realized most normal people dont care so much about the process and I stopped criticizing them for it. Media critics need to realize some people care to look deeper some dont. The problem is those critically engaged tend to come off as snobs

Escapism is not an inferior way to enjoy any media. It does not indicate any lack of media literacy. Some people like aesthetics, some like meaning, some like both.

Would escapism be the wrong reason? My question was adequately answered by the poster. If you enjoy critical engagement then enjoy it. But because someone is engaging in that activity it does not mean that those who do not care to engage critically are having bad wrong fun.

Fair enough

I legitimately have to ask how someone can say the Wargame is Brain Off. There is tactical thinking and strategy with underlying math. That is the point of a war game. It takes just as much brain power to propagate if not more than worrying about what the representation of troops feel.

In a fantasy world it doesn't have to be PTSD

What's the correct reason to watch a movie?

Lol blusky losing their mind over this nothing burger is hilarious.

Youre not missing anything. Youre just normal and not trying to boost yourself up in esteem by touting yourself as an insufferable game snob.

Nobody is pretending their oppressed. No one cares if you likeD&D. Just get off the bandwagon of bothering D&D players because you think yours is better. Go play your game and leave them alone.