Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
You are posting as if those who disagree with [MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION] are spinning nonsense out of whole cloth. But in my case I have the whole of the play tradition that I started with on my side: the rulebook told me to read it, so I did; articles in White Dwarf, by people like Lewis Pulsipher and Roger Musson, told me that a skilled player is aware of monster weaknesses and factors that into choices (eg use Charm Monster on a troll or an ochre jelly, because few monsters carry oil or torches); and nothing ever hinted that I was expected to play my character ignorant of these things that I learned as part of mastering the game.
Those articles are just opinions by those people. They aren't rules.
So much this.
Yes, we are aware that you don't get our playstyle. That has been apparent for years. Maybe, you never understood it despite your claims to have run the playstyle long ago. Maybe you once understood it, but like the man of average income that wins the lottery, you now are out of touch. Whichever it is, you have shown repeatedly that you don't understand the playstyle enough to get why people enjoy it, and even in some examples a basic understanding of aspects the playstyle itself, which causes you to attribute negative things to it that aren't there.