There was one guy I RPed with that liked to try and take the "fiction" out of "science fiction" and explain why certain things we did during the RP just wouldn't be possible (I remember one case we had of a Jupiter-sized planet having the life-sustainability of Earth, which is a pretty mild example to be honest). I tried to explain that it was just a fictional RP, but he constantly pressed these (I'm not a science major either, so a lot of the jargon and complicated principles he brought up in the discussion thread went over my head). So imagine how something like Star Wars would be immediately ruined if this kind of thing was used to challenge every event and sci-fi mechanic before it happened. It was a nightmare.
But yeah, some people will do just about anything to try and leverage an advantage out of it. And unfortunately, they don't care if that means spoiling the fun that other people are having... >.<
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