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<blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 5646267" data-attributes="member: 73683"><p>Okay, except that it totally does. Both of those definitions are perfectly acceptable uses of the word "default". You <em>wanting</em> me to be using the word for one of its many meanings doesn't mean that I'm going to.</p><p></p><p>D&D has, for the past decade or so, been top dog. I have seen no evidence that suggests that is no longer the case. I have seen evidence that suggests (but does not conclusively show) that Pathfinder is <em>gaining ground</em> on D&D, but none that suggests it has overtaken it in terms of what people are playing now.</p><p></p><p>In absence of evidence contradicting the assumption, I'm going to assume that what held true five minutes ago holds true now. I'm not saying it won't change, but only that it hasn't changed yet.</p><p></p><p>Except you're just using a completely different definition of the word "default" than I am. I'm not arguing that D&D is the default in the sense that it's what most people are playing. I think that's probably true, because it's <em>been</em> true and I haven't seen evidence that this is no longer the case, but it doesn't matter because that's not the use of the word "default" that I'm talking about anyway, and damn if I haven't been <em>totally clear about that</em>.</p><p></p><p>Yes. That's why I said "replace Dr. Pepper with Pepsi," and not "replace Pepsi with Dr. Pepper". But that's not even the point.</p><p></p><p>I'm telling you that I don't care what you do with your own analogy. I explained mine, and I think it's perfectly suitable to help draw the connection I was trying to explain (that being the entry point is, all else being equal, better than being the guy who eventually gets some of the market), and you altering that analogy to prove something - and I'm not sure <em>what</em>, since now your analogy features three major players and as far as I can tell it's still just Paizo and WotC, the rest is the soda pop equivalent of Jolt - that is tangential at best to what we've been discussing.</p><p></p><p>Now for crying out loud, can we stop arguing over what <em>I</em> mean when <em>I</em> use the word "default"? This is a page of threadjack that <em>really</em> didn't need to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannager, post: 5646267, member: 73683"] Okay, except that it totally does. Both of those definitions are perfectly acceptable uses of the word "default". You [I]wanting[/I] me to be using the word for one of its many meanings doesn't mean that I'm going to. D&D has, for the past decade or so, been top dog. I have seen no evidence that suggests that is no longer the case. I have seen evidence that suggests (but does not conclusively show) that Pathfinder is [I]gaining ground[/I] on D&D, but none that suggests it has overtaken it in terms of what people are playing now. In absence of evidence contradicting the assumption, I'm going to assume that what held true five minutes ago holds true now. I'm not saying it won't change, but only that it hasn't changed yet. Except you're just using a completely different definition of the word "default" than I am. I'm not arguing that D&D is the default in the sense that it's what most people are playing. I think that's probably true, because it's [I]been[/I] true and I haven't seen evidence that this is no longer the case, but it doesn't matter because that's not the use of the word "default" that I'm talking about anyway, and damn if I haven't been [I]totally clear about that[/I]. Yes. That's why I said "replace Dr. Pepper with Pepsi," and not "replace Pepsi with Dr. Pepper". But that's not even the point. I'm telling you that I don't care what you do with your own analogy. I explained mine, and I think it's perfectly suitable to help draw the connection I was trying to explain (that being the entry point is, all else being equal, better than being the guy who eventually gets some of the market), and you altering that analogy to prove something - and I'm not sure [I]what[/I], since now your analogy features three major players and as far as I can tell it's still just Paizo and WotC, the rest is the soda pop equivalent of Jolt - that is tangential at best to what we've been discussing. Now for crying out loud, can we stop arguing over what [I]I[/I] mean when [I]I[/I] use the word "default"? This is a page of threadjack that [I]really[/I] didn't need to happen. [/QUOTE]
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