Re: Accepting poor game systems

Brian Gleichman posts, in part:

  But I think in large measure the same mindset applies:
  One is so interested in a persistent existence that
  rule problems are completely ignored by the common
  gamer. They either accept the poor elements of the
  mechanics, or just don't use them. It seems to me
  that they often make that decision (accept or discard)
  at an unconscious level.

I agree that's true.  I think there's more to it than that, though:
people are interested in developing their own characters, but most do
not want to spend a lot of time developing the game setting for
others' characters.

As a result, players may end up having to choose between various
sources of prewritten content.  That content is generally tied to
particular rules sets, so players don't really have the freedom to
choose between different rules sets.

>From a practical standpoint, I think that players that just want to
play, and don't have a lot of time and interest to invest into
developing their own rules and scenarios, may not really have many
choices.

Warren J. Dew