Who all plays this game for the story and characters and doesn't give a bag of beans about stats?

I have noticed that a lot of people play this game based on number crunching. I suppose that's understandable. I mean it is part of the roleplaying experience to develop a character...but in the end...all of that is metagaming. And yes I realize that we all metagame to some extent since we don't actually live the lives of the characters...

But how many of you guys just play the game because it's a fun game and you love the story and NPCs? I mean who picks a party because they really like this character and that. Not because you can dual-class Imoen or this character might be the best archer or rogue in the game.

Anybody? Cause I really can't deal with stats. My brain flippy flops when I try to pay attention to it. And I'm just hoping there are other people that just focus on the dialogue options and the story and just kind of throw all the statistical things out to the wind.

And please don't think I am bashing people that are always trying to beat the odds statistically and create for themselves extremely well designed characters that kick butt numerically. I am not saying that. I'm just saying that I read all these threads where people analyze everything and sometimes I wonder if they are missing out on the point that this is a fantasy game that tells a story. And that hopefully I'm not the odd-one out. Haha.