Not because it corrupts the youth: I love violence in media! Not because my character might die: death is fun!
I hate combat because it's church: an hour of boredom endured each week for social reasons. If it's D&D 5e or easier, we're playing snakes and ladders for an hour, which I'm willing to do. If it's something less forgiving, then I'm filing taxes for an hour, which I'm not.
Some games let you get to the fun part (death! violence! blood!) without the snakes or ladders or taxes. I've even made up my own quick combat systems, because of the nerd "doing work to avoid work" thing. But that's not something popular enough to play IRL.
Not badwrongfun if you enjoy all of that! (Some people really enjoy church, too, and more power to them.) I'm clearly in the minority. Just wanted to get it off my chest.
I hate combat because it's church: an hour of boredom endured each week for social reasons. If it's D&D 5e or easier, we're playing snakes and ladders for an hour, which I'm willing to do. If it's something less forgiving, then I'm filing taxes for an hour, which I'm not.
Some games let you get to the fun part (death! violence! blood!) without the snakes or ladders or taxes. I've even made up my own quick combat systems, because of the nerd "doing work to avoid work" thing. But that's not something popular enough to play IRL.
Not badwrongfun if you enjoy all of that! (Some people really enjoy church, too, and more power to them.) I'm clearly in the minority. Just wanted to get it off my chest.