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https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/37103/what-is-my-guy-syndrome-and-how-do-i-handle-it
Ah, okay then. Hadn't seen it in that phrasing before. Pretty stupid as an idea though. The issue is not that someone wants to follow diagetic character motivations, or even that someone else wants to play with a focus on successful combat encounters regardless of diagetic knowledge. It's that they both ended up at the same table. The DM fucked up by not setting expectations regarding the kind of table they were running. It is our duty as organizers of play to prevent these kinds of people from playing different games at the same table.
It's not just the GM's responsibility. All the players at the table should be having those discussions throughout play
I think it has to be everyone deciding after a session or two whether they want to play with that group. No one thinks the way they play is different. No one is going to warn players that the role playing game is expected to have some role playing in it.