Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
True, but change does not assume innovation. It's just change from what you were doing to what you're doing now.You can't have innovation without change.
True, but change does not assume innovation. It's just change from what you were doing to what you're doing now.You can't have innovation without change.
If you only know of one experience how can you say its the only thing you want?
Just because you drive Buicks all of your life doesn't mean you won't like a Toyota.
If you are introduced to roleplaying through WotC 5e, and know no other game, it is impossible to know if any other game would be better for you, and assuming it probably wouldn't be directly encourages stagnation and the victory of inertia.Because most things in life we don't enjoy as much as our favorite things. You don't think most music is good as the bands you love, most food isn't as good as your favorite food. So if you listen to another band or eat another food simply because someone else really likes it you are probably not going to enjoy as much as what you already really like. It's just simple odds; any person will grade most things as around average or worse.
I think it depends partly on the personality type of the people involved, and depends partly on what they're coming to the table for.Depends ... I usally play with people I consider friends - and part of that is that I'm willing to leave my comfort zone once on a while, and they're as well. It might not always work out, but as far as I'm concerned, trying things your friends are into usually is a good way to broaden your horizon.
No one said they would like something new if they tried, just that they could, with the implication that new experiences in gaming are worth the risk.I've test driven Teslas and didn't care for them. I've done one shots with other games and they just didn't bring anything that made them more enticing than D&D. I know the general shape and performance of pickup trucks and know they're not for me without even a test drive. I knew before I tried it that I wouldn't care for Sushi (technically sashimi, which in the US for better or worse is pretty much synonymous 99% of the time) and was not surprised when I tried it and didn't like it. It doesn't matter that I've tried it multiple times because people keep insisting that I just haven't had good sushi. Sometimes just know what they want and don't need to spend significant effort to try other things to know they won't care for it.
It's dismissive to tell people that they would like something if they just tried it.
If you only know of one experience how can you say its the only thing you want?
Just because you drive Buicks all of your life doesn't mean you won't like a Toyota.
Sorry most people live in pretty stupefying ignorance of the potential of the world around them.Because most things in life we don't enjoy as much as our favorite things. You don't think most music is good as the bands you love, most food isn't as good as your favorite food. So if you listen to another band or eat another food simply because someone else really likes it you are probably not going to enjoy as much as what you already really like. It's just simple odds; any person will grade most things as around average or worse.
I'm not saying there aren't other factors, of course there are. My original comment was to point out that the claim that people only or primarily like D&D because it's their first RPG they've played is false. If it wasn't a really good game they wouldn't enjoy it, and so it is wrong to say that if someone prefers D&D to CoC it's simply because they've been ruined by D&D.Okay, I'm kind of lost ... I thought you were basically saying "D&D is top because of it's excellence, and claiming that there may be other factors involved is nothing but a cheap attack", but maybe I misread that.
Sorry most people live in pretty stupefying ignorance of the potential of the world around them.
I’m currently sitting in a beachside shack in Tobago, in the blazing sun, eating food I’ve never tried before, listening to music I probably wouldn’t buy, drinking a cocktail I wouldn’t make at home and having a damn good time doing it. A far cry from England which is currently -7 degrees C.
Familiar is absolutely not necessarily better.
Everyone, including you, is ignorant of most things in the world. We all have to make choices on how we spend our time and money based upon very limited knowledge and experience. That others aren't as open to trying other RPGs as you or me is not a character flaw.Sorry most people live in pretty stupefying ignorance of the potential of the world around them.
I’m currently sitting in a beachside shack in Tobago, in the blazing sun, eating food I’ve never tried before, listening to music I probably wouldn’t buy, drinking a cocktail I wouldn’t make at home and having a damn good time doing it. A far cry from England which is currently -7 degrees C.
Familiar is absolutely not necessarily better.