That’s true. I also often got:“My character is actively avoiding every other character as well as engaging with the multiple plot hooks dangling right in front of them, because they have a busy social life, a day job and are naturally suspicious of anything new. No, I want to play. It’s just what my character would do.”
That’s also a kind of almost metagaming, because they know, as a player, that they can only pull that crap, because another player or the DM will have to do all the extra work of bringing the party together and on track.
That’s true. I also often got:“My character is actively avoiding every other character as well as engaging with the multiple plot hooks dangling right in front of them, because they have a busy social life, a day job and are naturally suspicious of anything new. No, I want to play. It’s just what my character would do.”
That’s also a kind of almost metagaming, because they know, as a player, that they can only pull that crap, because another player or the DM will have to do all the extra work of bringing the party together and on track.