[ftelliott]

I sometimes wonder if the kids see the GP/uGP question the same as the adults.

As a teacher/coach and getting up there in years (when D&D was first introduced I was 40+ LOL), I have a reluctance to encourage my kids to think defensively because I value the creative process so highly and I've never played the current generation of adversarial technology games.

However, our kids grew up as "gamers" and playing against someone and thwarting their intent is completely legit as far as they're concerned. I constantly hear amazingly creative chatter about how to prevent other teams from scoring. Most of the time, I have to remind them, "That would incur a penalty." It doesn't stop the conversation, it just deflects it.

Our younger coaches play some of the kids online. Whenever one of the coaches is defeated, its a huge topic of conversation and badge of merit. Stabbing one of our coaches in the neck while online is considered cool. Hmmm...