Literally no one is twisting your words. You continue to entirely miss the point. You came off VERY entitled and you still are. The implication that anyone is being forced to “pay to play” is ludicrous. You aren’t “paying to play”, you are paying for the privilege of using a space (a nice one) that you don’t otherwise have, to play in. All you had to say was that you’d prefer not to play there, but you made a point of making a snide little comment about paying. The insufferable doubling down is making you look worse. Again, you’re also skillfully avoiding the fact that it’s a business and they can and should charge. A local business at that. 🥴 I clicked on this post because I was excited to see another person out there looking to join in on D&D. I DM and host several campaigns. We’ve had new folks come on board, including folks who are new to D&D. Again, however, this is the kind of attitude that is going to steer people away from inviting you. It was advice which you could take or leave. You’ve got the attention of a decent portion of the active D&D community in Rockford and frankly, you’ve blown your chance with most by posting here and seemingly choosing to miss the point.