Yet your argument still ignores all nuance. (…)

There are no nuances needed to be acknowledged in this specific distinction. People playing in good faith, WILL try to overcome any obstacles according to their experience, skills and maturity. People who don’t, will invent problems and actively search for them rather than focus on solutions. Neither needs Session #0.

good group doesn’t need session zero and bad group isn’t helped by it

It’s absolutely wrong take on the dillema. GOOD group doesn’t have to play in good faith - they are good players, experienced veterans, that know the art of role playing well. But they don’t have to put all their skills into good outcome. They may, for many reasons try to undermine the experience, break the game, test the ruleset for weaknesses, focus on one singe aspect of the game (for example, on combat) rather than on the whole adventure. And the other way around - bad gamers, clueless and inexperienced might still try to save their game, make the best of it.

As you can see, what you’re discussing is wildly different to what I’ve been talking about.

Now you’re just doing some pedantic backpedaling, as though it changes the fact that your argument hinges on a false binary.

From where I sit - it’s you who didn’t think through your position and when asked about details became passively-aggressive. Usually a strong hint that you feel you’re/were wrong.

And it’s ironic that you simultaneously accuse me of lacking nuances and simultaneously of being “too nuanced”. 😬

I never said that individuals are “good/bad”. I said they approach the game with either good faith or bad faith, which is radically different to what you’re talking about.

If the group consists of people who come there in good faith and are determined to have fun, no Session 0 is needed. Whatever problems will arise on the way, are going to be dealt with in mature way.

And if the group features bad faith actors, then no amount of discussion prior to the game will prevent a disaster from happening.

Try these tricks (providing they are applicable!):

• Lower down the number of enemies under your control, but make them stronger. This way, you won’t have to deal with so many pawns.
• Don’t force your NPCs to fight to death. Assume that once, say 25% of your pawns are wiped out, their leader halts the fight and asks to parlay, or that if 75% of them/their leader go to the ground, the rest escapes.
• Tucker’s Kobolds.
• If a combat action leads to multiple dice rolls one after another, roll all of the dice at once - this speeds up the game.
• Use combat managers/helpers - Excel file, dedicated software, whatever helps you in math, use it.
• If the combat becomes too overwhelming, introduce some unsuspected elements. Sudden earthquake, volcano eruption, castle falling down, incoming of a truly powerful enemy, etc. Have some good in-game explanation for such an event!

These things should be part of in-game experience.

Sitting there and discussing stuff rather than doing it, is a waste of time.

https://www.polygon.com/deals/21294556/dnd-how-to-play-dungeons-dragons-5e-guide-spells-dice-character-sheets-dm

I disagree with some of tips given in this article (for example, Session 0 is a waste of time), but in general it provides good information and useful links.

Just reorganized my collection of 18092 PDF files by renaming them based on 12-word criteria pattern. Which is funny, since the number of files corresponds with the majority of the registration number of USCSS Nostromo.

All done by hand.

Lazy Saturday. Depending on the timezone, also Friday and Sunday.

Buy yourself a cookie!

I agree, but the question wasn’t about the percentage of cases, but about the possible reason to choice Ubuntu over Debian…

Yeah.

Those people seem to migrate from Reddit, but still carry it in their hearts and minds. 😑

Ubuntu is what grew out of Debian.

But it’s radically different ENVIRONMENT these days.

https://media.tenor.com/GTwhrOg0gT8AAAAM/shocked-scream.gif

Support & community come to mind.

To a typical user/newcomer to servers it’s easier to find some solution for Ubuntu, than for Debian. And boy, can Debian users be full of themselves… 😑

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Yeah. It’s good that there are users who actually take time to explain some stuff, rather than just hissssssss like rabid vipers merely because somebody - oh no, what a preposterous idea! - asked a harmless question.

I find this comment section a prime example of dickish hivemind seething over nothing.

There’s a dude, obviously quite fresh in the ways of Mastodon. He probably doesn’t realize all the nuts & bolts supporting the system and how it all works. He is asking a question that is logical, but it needs clarification, like “it doesn’t work like this, my man”.

Instead he gets “Hsssssssssssssss, selfhost it, hsssssssssssssssssssss, interloper, hsssssssssssssssssss, you want to destroy this place, hssssssssssssssss…”

Get a life, eejits.

It’s Sahaj Samadhi as taught by a peculiar group that I won’t name here, because I won’t as hell advertise a sect…

Anyway: unfortunately, meditation is very subjective thing and while this specific oe works for me, doesn’t mean it will work for you. I was searching for a meditation for years untill I’ve found this one. Each and every one that I’ve been using before it “didn’t click” with me, there was always something off, something was missing.

I encourage you to try any given one that you will either find in the Internet, or the one that people around you can teach you - there are often some free courses organized, or cheap training lessons. It’s worth the time and effort.

I’m with you.

Add:

• “crisis is coming, you will absolutely need product x, even though you barely use it, because it will soon disappear from the shelves”
• people overbuy product x
• price inflation, adjacent products are affected too
• long lines and chaos in otherwise dull markets
• BAM! it turns out the shortage was created purely by scare-tactic guerilla marketing

And it involves:

• “journalists” produce fear, scare, hate, fake news
• they never get gallows, even though their lying, toxic language actually KILLS people

That you’re suffering is a sad thing. That you’re looking for the solution is commendable. You good people, fellow dad.

Unfortunately, I can’t provide any lasting and good solution, since I have been experiencing meltdowns so powerful, that it almost ended bad for my kid. Almost. No way to solve, no way to avoid that will work 100% on the spot.

Instead I practice daily meditation, usually prior to going to sleep, and the one I’m using makes me less stressed out the next day. It takes a strong mix of problems for me (exhaustion, stress, hunger, bad weather conditions, fear and more) to get close to explosion.

In addition, I’m trying to avoid self-flaggelation with times I screwed up. I’m a parent. I’m struggling for her. I fail. I fail her miserably. But I get up and try again to do things right this time, knowing that when I failed the last time it wasn’t my choice to be a bad parent.

It helps. Not much, but it helps.

Goodluck out there and never give up.

If there’s a rest button somewhere there, use it.

Also, check whether it gets proper amount of power - that the electrical plug fits in, doesn’t mean the charger is enough to power it up.

If it fails, then I guess it’s time to replace the hardware.