What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class?

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And it should be obvious why I am referring to universal gaming.

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I don't understand.
We're in a D&D forum, talking about D&D. In all my experience playing D&D, well over a decade (so not as long as the real grognards, but still a good while) I've never seen someone's default response to PvP being positive.