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CRPG is pretty useless if you ask me. That's like making people say M-Computer and P-Computer when referring to Macs or PCs. Both are computers. Pen and Paper "games" are RPGs and console games are RPGs. No reason to seperate the two!
Personally, I've tried pen and paper RPGs and I simply feel like a jackass everytime I do it, mainly because there is no plot to go by, only the imagination of the "dungeon master." Imagination is a very, very flimsy ideal to hold on to for constructing a full-fledged world. There needs to be universal rules, and an on-going plot. The dungeon master has complete control over the entire game, and that's simply bullshit in my opinion. There is nothing preventing him or her from giving a player 50,000,000 experience points for killing a bat. There is no way to prevent a dungeon master from killing the entire party. If there were more rules and regulations, then I may enjoy it more. I'll add that these are MY personal opinions, not everyone elses, and I completely realize that some people believe that the imagination can come up with far more interesting events and gameplay than a standardized set. I'm not one of those people; this is probably the reason I dislike it so much. I've heard many friends swear by pen and paper RPGs though so I know that it has credibility as being entertaining to a lot of people. Ha ha, I honestly didn't mean to go off topic so much.
-Lasereth
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