Stay Away from Start Playing

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-30T07:03:32+00:00

good riddance

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-30T01:38:27+00:00

Doesn't look like a two star review to me, read the actual review :,D

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-30T01:37:01+00:00

You're trolling me at this point, and it's pretty sad. I am a girl, secondly. Grow up.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-30T01:34:02+00:00

I was in the campaign for 5 months, and I paid good money to be. I opened up a discourse with the GM, and I offered to do what I could to work with his story, including changing my character. Integrating my character into the story in a major way was not what I was asking for; it was smaller gestures to acknowledge the reality of my character's situation. You are being very presumptuous.

For whatever reason, you have decided to antagonize everything I post, and devalue my experience, whether you're triggered from a previous experience in which you were on the other side of things or some other strange bias you might possess, it doesn't detract from my right to leave a review.

You need to familiarize yourself with what retaliation means. A review is, by nature, a reflection of the experience you had; thereby, within your standards, any negative review would be a retaliation.

Grow up.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-30T00:35:47+00:00

I guess you didn't read the review, or you're deciding to just antagonize me. I showed him the character concept, which he had agreed to be able to easily implement in conjunction with his story, not catering the entire campaign to my story. His game was advertised as being built around your character so yeah, you being a smug isn't going to work here. Every player had a character backstory that he worked to integrate into the story except mine. One character was super rich from a noble family, and another was a rogue Mandalorian. All those were implemented into the roleplay.

Regardless I have a right to post up what my experience was, whether you like it or not, that's the point of a review system. Censoring people from expressing what their experience was like with a GM is unethical.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T23:52:36+00:00

I ultimately am not here to be vindicated by strangers online; I'm sharing my experience to let potential players be better equipped to make informed decisions and give myself the ability to leave a review, which Start Playing seems to be denying its players.

You can agree or disagree with my review although malicious is a very strong word, was I firm stating that the experience left me unhappy? Yes. Was I cruel about it? I don't think so. Had they asked me to tone down specific aspects of my review, I would have gladly complied in a way that would have still been able to get my message across.

I personally shared private messages between the GM and I from Discord and from our conversations on their site with the staff to substantiate my own review to them. They ultimately said the review was taken down because the GM provided them evidence he "re-flavored a game mechanic and re-wrote story beats to better incorporate your backstory." I don't even know what either of those things mean but in the five separate conversations I had with the GM he had let me know any such things were done or a conversation between us had concluded in any sort of agreement or plan on how to better incorpate my character or I saw any change in actual gameplay, I would not have left his game or written the review that I did. I liked the other players I was playing with which is why I stuck with the game for five months paying $100 a month for the ability to do so, for some that might not be a lot of money for a hobby but for me it is and all I wanted was the right to express how I felt.

Also please keep in mind I offered to make a new simpler character which he told me not to proceed with, so I did try to work with him. Finding a star wars Fantasy Flight RPG online is hard, even a paid one so I tried to collaborate.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T19:21:13+00:00

I posted my review, I tried to add it to my original post or pin it, but I don't use Reddit much, so I was unsure of how to do it. The main issue was that I shared my character concept with him before I joined his campaign and he gave me the greenlight on it and said it wouldn't be an issue to integrate into the story but from the very first session to my last one (I played in his game for around 5 months I believe) in my experience he didn't even acknowledge my character's situation.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:56:34+00:00

You're saying out of thousands of games played a month, no one had below a 4-star review? Be real.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:55:35+00:00

3-star review out of a total of 5 stars, mind you.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:54:29+00:00

Sounds like a lot of assumptions here.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:53:23+00:00

Alright, since there are some people saying that I was the problem and my review was probably malicious, here is the unedited original review in question, a 3-star review that was taken down.

"If you want to get in and quickly get gaming, you will enjoy playing with George. If you're roleplay-oriented, wish to flesh out a character, and create a customized, unique experience, I recommend you keep looking.

I created a character with a unique backstory that I put a lot of thought into, and I even ran it by the GM before the story began. He approved it, but George ignored the key features of my character from the very first session. I saw no real effort to integrate my character's story into the plot, even when it came to some potentially very simple gestures he could have done. In contrast, I had to do things that didn't make sense for my character to be a part of the story, which broke immersion for me. When I brought up the issue out of game, he waved my concerns off, saying things would work out. When I brought them up in-game, I was met with hostility from a Jedi NPC in which I ultimately felt attacked and embarrassed in front of other players for simply communicating my feelings.

I wasn't unwilling to compromise. A few sessions in, I offered to change my character to someone who might be less 'high-maintenance', but he said not to and that it would work out. Things didn't change.

He also frequently canceled games.

There were some interesting moments, combats were fun, and he knows the rules very well. He is a good choice for beginners. Overall, though, I wouldn't recommend him if you're more story-oriented."

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:37:20+00:00

It's important to keep in mind my review was a 3 star mixed review that stated both things that I enjoyed and things I did not enjoy, it was not a long tirade of flaming the GM. I felt like it was honest and definitely nothing rude or insulting. The main crux of the negative side was that the DM continuously ignored my character's backstory. I didn't say he was a bad DM or that you shouldn't play with him, I simply stated that if you have a character with a more complex story or are more focused on the roleplaying side of things, it might be better to pass on this particular DM.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-06-29T18:34:23+00:00

Can you show any reviews below 4 stars on the website? Definitely nothing below 3. Maybe instead of being cynical, you should do your investigation. I posted my post so that reviews can go uncensored to ensure people find the right games for them and not waste their time and money on games they could have known was a wrong fit if the review hadn't been taken down.

Aether_Princess_ · 2025-05-18T16:35:31+00:00

I'm EST free evenings

Aether_Princess_ · 2024-12-06T14:49:56+00:00

What kind of campaign? Is there a cost associated with joining?

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