@faraday said in Course Corrections:
Really? Them using an innocuous phrase like "gunmetal gray" or "okay" is impacting your enjoyment of the game? Really? I mean, if so okay, I'll take your word for it. It just seems strange to me, that's all.
The example here isn't the greatest, I'll admit, but I know that fantasy games are a bit tighter on theme than others, for reasons. But, if I may:
- I explained (spoilers) that BSG takes place thousands of years before Earth history, so trademarked names, pop culture references to stuff like Star Wars, haven't happened yet. So I politely clarified that this isn't in Earth's future, but it's past.
- She barked at me via pages for harassing her (this was approx 10 pages, and she hadn't told me to stop paging her, there was no bitchy language), and then complained about me to staff.
- Staff reached out to me and basically told me "we agree with you but to keep things calm, give her some room"
- I gave her room, moved on.
Again, for me, I'd have less of a problem with the use of "LEGO" than I would with reporting me to staff for trying to keep the theme/setting intact by offering helpful pointers, only to be told, in so many words, to suck it up princess because I want to play fucking LEGOs instead of engaging in the already-set theme/setting.
I mean, I play on BSG: Unification. I have to consciously not toss in references to Prentice-Hall or Houghton Mifflin Harcourt when talking about my PC's penchant for textbooks, or Shakespearean quotes. But I try because I know that the pop-culture references aren't really found in the BSG world.
Because if you've played with me on a WoD, I like to pepper my poses with counter-interpellative cultural references and memes for humor value.