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I don't know if anyone's assuming that. I think you've made your position pretty clear.

I've never understood why it was important that someone you've blocked not see your posts not be able to see yours, even if they can't make any response you can see. Blocking in general makes sense to me (even if I never do it). Two-way blocking doesn't.

How else should it be handled then, without getting into narrative mechanics and/or player input into the setting on the fly? Players get their information about the setting from the GM in traditional games, which means it's a matter of how well that information is conveyed by the GM, and what...

That depends on who's making what. I would argue that it's not "supposed" to be anything, and what you're actually arguing is what you prefer in regards to the franchise.

Unless they plan on selling it, how its themes might "play" in 2025 is irrelevant. All that matters is whether or not they can get players. I'd play in that game.

To expand on this idea, I really appreciate full hexcrawls, and worldbuilding material in general. I also love subsystems that can be dropped into an existing game with little conversion needed. Lots of games have gaps in what they model, or how granular their simulation gets. I love subsystems...

I have never ignored anyone, but many folk have ignored me I think. I do wish two-way ignore wasn't the default option though.

What makes TSR or WotC so special in any way other than market share?

3.5 felt like an edition change in the vein of AD&D 1e-2e, or L5R, or the Pendragons or Cyberpunks. And I will fight tooth and nail against the idea that any issue affecting the hobby and/or industry as a whole is irrelevant if it's different from D&D's take, from any edition, so I'm with you there.

If they used language like "cleaned up", "minor fixes", or "addressed known issues" they probably intended backwards compatibility.

Fair enough. Do you know if either game claimed backwards compatibility?

I'd love to read that. I almost always prefer realism for anything that exists in the real world (or that could exist if circumstances allow).

I'll have to take your word for it (not familiar with Runequest, or M&M 2e, although the latter seems similar enough that a bunch of folks online do conversions without too much trouble apparently).

I laughing emoji'd so hard here I almost cried emoji.

Can you provide an example?

I just want your character's culture and background to inform them, just like it does for everyone in real life.

Like @Bill Zebub said then, I guess we're not allowed to wander off topic then? Because I wasn't directly answering the OP's post in my response to you.

Yup. Everyone comes from somewhere.

James Marsters' Milton Fine from Smallville is far and away my favorite BRAINInteractiveConstruct. Just finished watching season 5 and he really holds up.

That's not what I said. I said I want more than, "I thought it was cool", if that characterization flies in the face of the setting lore for that species and the player can't be bothered to come up with a single in-setting reason as to why. And I'm to work with the player and help them find that...