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I've talked about how I really like Fate, and how if you have players like the one in this post it won't really work. Fate requires players to engage with the game- think about how aspects apply, think about when declaring a story detail would be cool, and so on. If you just DND style phone it is, it's not going to sing.
I imagine this kind of player would hate it.
And that's fine. This guy found his niche and enjoy it. But wow I do not really want to play with him.
To be fair, he's "playing" as much as someone texting America's Got Talent is on the judges panel. He's a glorified audience member that's taking up a seat, and I highly doubt the rest of the table feel as nonchalant about this petulant no-effort view of his.