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<blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 7737809" data-attributes="member: 913"><p>You got me beat by about 10 years.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ditto. I remember the boards before this iteration. And I remember the boards before <em>that</em> as well. Morrus is just a Johnny-come-lately as far as I'm concerned. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I remember matt_colville from back in the day, and I'm sure there are many around here who do.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Honestly, I'm not that interested in most social media outlets. I don't have much time to begin with, and frankly I find them mostly a waste of time. Hell, I can barely keep up with my e-mail. Nothing wrong with them, I choose to spend my time elsewhere. That doesn't mean I don't understand them, though. I can navigate them when I want to; I've checked out Twitch streams; I've looked at way too many Twitter feeds; I've read more Youtube comments than I care to admit (and I have the therapy bills to prove it); I was lurking around 4chan before it was cool; yadayadayada. </p><p></p><p>So I find it odd that he poses this as a new vs. old dichotomy. He says, and I quote, "I feel very little connection with folks in tabletop now." WTF does that even mean? Is there some groupthink surrounding "tabletop" D&D, and how can you play D&D without it being "tabletop"? Is Critical Role somehow not played on a "tabletop," because it looks like it to me. </p><p></p><p>It's cool that he's a celebrity and all, it's cool that he has his own communities of devoted followers, it's cool that he feels comfortable with a certain subset of the media channels out there, but it's not cool that he is dismissive of those that are NOT part of his community. The only possible reason that I can surmise is that there was some sort of argument in another thread where people tried to micro-analyze the success of his Kickstarter (as the Internet is wont to do), and he wasn't able to convince them of his opinion. Regardless of how grounded in reality his opinion is (and frankly, I agree with him that it's hard to imagine it has anything to do with anything OTHER than his Youtube success), that is what is known as "arguing on the Internet." Seriously. He's been around long enough to know that. I think he's just been insulated from it long enough because of his fans, and has decided he's done with it.</p><p></p><p>Which, to be fair, is his prerogative. Just don't put down a whole bunch of people who don't choose to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Schmoe, post: 7737809, member: 913"] You got me beat by about 10 years. Ditto. I remember the boards before this iteration. And I remember the boards before [i]that[/i] as well. Morrus is just a Johnny-come-lately as far as I'm concerned. ;) I remember matt_colville from back in the day, and I'm sure there are many around here who do. Honestly, I'm not that interested in most social media outlets. I don't have much time to begin with, and frankly I find them mostly a waste of time. Hell, I can barely keep up with my e-mail. Nothing wrong with them, I choose to spend my time elsewhere. That doesn't mean I don't understand them, though. I can navigate them when I want to; I've checked out Twitch streams; I've looked at way too many Twitter feeds; I've read more Youtube comments than I care to admit (and I have the therapy bills to prove it); I was lurking around 4chan before it was cool; yadayadayada. So I find it odd that he poses this as a new vs. old dichotomy. He says, and I quote, "I feel very little connection with folks in tabletop now." WTF does that even mean? Is there some groupthink surrounding "tabletop" D&D, and how can you play D&D without it being "tabletop"? Is Critical Role somehow not played on a "tabletop," because it looks like it to me. It's cool that he's a celebrity and all, it's cool that he has his own communities of devoted followers, it's cool that he feels comfortable with a certain subset of the media channels out there, but it's not cool that he is dismissive of those that are NOT part of his community. The only possible reason that I can surmise is that there was some sort of argument in another thread where people tried to micro-analyze the success of his Kickstarter (as the Internet is wont to do), and he wasn't able to convince them of his opinion. Regardless of how grounded in reality his opinion is (and frankly, I agree with him that it's hard to imagine it has anything to do with anything OTHER than his Youtube success), that is what is known as "arguing on the Internet." Seriously. He's been around long enough to know that. I think he's just been insulated from it long enough because of his fans, and has decided he's done with it. Which, to be fair, is his prerogative. Just don't put down a whole bunch of people who don't choose to do that. [/QUOTE]
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