danmcneill wrote:Yes, that's my point exactly. But in this instance EOs can "soft demand" that someone wear one because the options are either you choose to wear one if asked or find a different event to play in. I guess there's a third option of politely decline and spend the next 2-4 hours immersed in an awkward situation, but that's not really a good option.
No EO or GM can soft demand anything. Stop making up hypothetical unlikely situations to cry about.
If a GM tries to soft demand you wear a mask, you say no. 99% or better of the time that will it and things will go on like normal. There is literally, and I mean this literally, always a potential for a GM or player to be an asshole. Like, that's just how people work. If it's not a mask there's ALWAYS been something that can trigger awkwardness or rife there or between other players. To me it sounds like you're projecting that it's very unlikely for you to enjoy a game in which a GM requests a mask, and if you are unwilling to wear one for the time of that event (surely implying you didn't care too much for the event anyway - because if you REALLY wanted to the do the event, you'd accept a polite mask request without throwing a fit) then worst case you get your money back, get a little game time, and I guess get an extra long meal break.
And Mike has already said there's 0 tolerance; so if the GM is being rude about it then you still get money back and they're probably banned from running events for a while. Seems GenCon is just trying to trust people to not be jerks to each other.
It's a very simple flow. If event says masks requested then you skip it or plan a mask. If an event didn't say that, you attend, and a GM asks for masks (super unlikely based on events so far) then you either put on a mask and play happily or say no. If you say no and can't play happily, you get a refund and leave the event. If you say no and they make a big deal of it, you get GC staff involved and the GM is probably gone and you still get a refund.
