[Chaos]

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-If people are playing the vague game with what can and can't be gleamed, then yes, they're a problem. However, I would like to believe that most people can gauge what can be gleamed without going into metagame territory. Asking is there for when you're having trouble with that, or want to make sure of something.

-That was an overreaction on my part, and if I didn't apologize for it before, let this serve as such. I usually perfer to try and work things out. IF someone is being too much of a problem with it, or just won't listen and continuously metagame, that's when I start throwing the hammer down. (Bug abuse tends to involve less ceremony)

-Not what i'm talking about. A character that's a complete asshole and/or endangers the lives of everyone around them for their goals can still be interesting. Any sort of personality can be interesting, though some are harder to pull off than others. I'm talking about the characters that come off to me as uninteresting. Yes, that's mostly opinion, but any one of us would be lying if we said we had no dissenting or judgmental opinions. (And no, this part of the post was not directed at you)

-No, that's not a jab at you or anyone else. There is merit in both ways of starting characters out. It was a response to Spoops' '90%+ of the reason i approach new characters is learning their backstories', because there are cases where interaction would do far more than a backstory ever could. Even then, a new character can still have a History tab, brief as may be.