Choosing a side: Metagaming and some issues

[Durandal]

Does everything seriously come down to POBs for most people nowadays? I started off reading it, saw how long it was, skipped to the end to look for a tl;dr and saw the topic suddenly switch from overarching storyline stuff to it being, once again, another POB thread.

Yes, we know POB mechanics are awful, but until somebody actually decides to code a proper implementation then you are going to be dealing with awful mechanics and awful mechanics breed awful behaviour, rules be damned.