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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 6326767" data-attributes="member: 12388"><p>Thank you very much for re-posting Shwalb's blog post. It was a breath of fresh air and is the first commentary by anyone working on 5E that's got me excited about it since Monte Cook was (briefly) attached.</p><p></p><p>Reading Schwalb's commentary felt like a review of my own gaming experiences. From starting out with 1E to playing endlessly at friend's houses to feeling like I personally drank enough Mountain Dew to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool, it all synced up.</p><p></p><p>Now I didn't really hit my stride as a DM until 3E, so I got to see first hand what that system could be made to do when one or more smart players broke it down. While my experiences weren't campaign enders, I can readily imagine that being the case for other DMs with less understanding players. (Mine were the kind that saw where things could go wrong and then throttled back so they wouldn't wreck the game).</p><p></p><p>Schwalb's meta-view of the game is spot on. He sees the strengths and weaknesses of each edition, notes what he likes and he doesn't like, but instead of stopping there he goes on to talk about what <em>others</em> seem to enjoy about the game.</p><p></p><p>That last is why I find the edition war claim leveled against him to be so utterly wrong.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that anyone who's <em>that</em> hair trigger ready to complain clearly isn't inclined to try and comprehend what is is they're reading before they comment on it. </p><p></p><p>Instead they appear to be looking for an excuse to be offended so they have a chance to fight (so many people tilting at windmills it's a wonder Don Quixote hasn't shown up to join the fray), not for opportunities to read and digest an informed perspective--especially one that differs from their own.</p><p></p><p>Here's to Sancho, err, Schwalb, for having the wisdom to see things as they really are, and for having the courage to talk about it out in the open.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy E Grenemyer, post: 6326767, member: 12388"] Thank you very much for re-posting Shwalb's blog post. It was a breath of fresh air and is the first commentary by anyone working on 5E that's got me excited about it since Monte Cook was (briefly) attached. Reading Schwalb's commentary felt like a review of my own gaming experiences. From starting out with 1E to playing endlessly at friend's houses to feeling like I personally drank enough Mountain Dew to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool, it all synced up. Now I didn't really hit my stride as a DM until 3E, so I got to see first hand what that system could be made to do when one or more smart players broke it down. While my experiences weren't campaign enders, I can readily imagine that being the case for other DMs with less understanding players. (Mine were the kind that saw where things could go wrong and then throttled back so they wouldn't wreck the game). Schwalb's meta-view of the game is spot on. He sees the strengths and weaknesses of each edition, notes what he likes and he doesn't like, but instead of stopping there he goes on to talk about what [i]others[/i] seem to enjoy about the game. That last is why I find the edition war claim leveled against him to be so utterly wrong. It seems to me that anyone who's [i]that[/i] hair trigger ready to complain clearly isn't inclined to try and comprehend what is is they're reading before they comment on it. Instead they appear to be looking for an excuse to be offended so they have a chance to fight (so many people tilting at windmills it's a wonder Don Quixote hasn't shown up to join the fray), not for opportunities to read and digest an informed perspective--especially one that differs from their own. Here's to Sancho, err, Schwalb, for having the wisdom to see things as they really are, and for having the courage to talk about it out in the open. [/QUOTE]
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