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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 5948702" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Personally I am interested in designer's thoughts on the state of the hobby (especially designers like cook who have worked through several different trends). </p><p></p><p>I dont think everyone should feel like they have to contribute a positive view to the game. Any given game will have people who like it and people who dont like it. Designers are no exception. I expect them to have opinions about design and to engage people in discussion about their design philosophyl what he is pointing to is the problem that arises when people go beyond having opinions of "i like this or dont like that" and start telling others their prefered style of play is wrong (instead of saying "I don't like optimization" saying "you shouldn't optimize" or instead of "i dont like 4e" saying "you shouln't like 4e".). But this goes the other way to whe. Someone tries to force their optimism on others (when someone says "i dont like playing 4e" saying "yes you do" or "if you dont you are stuck in the past"). This is bound to happen here or there, but I think he has a point that it has gotten out of hand and that some people are really just bullying others into holding or not holding opinions (and I am not guiltless myself).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 5948702, member: 85555"] Personally I am interested in designer's thoughts on the state of the hobby (especially designers like cook who have worked through several different trends). I dont think everyone should feel like they have to contribute a positive view to the game. Any given game will have people who like it and people who dont like it. Designers are no exception. I expect them to have opinions about design and to engage people in discussion about their design philosophyl what he is pointing to is the problem that arises when people go beyond having opinions of "i like this or dont like that" and start telling others their prefered style of play is wrong (instead of saying "I don't like optimization" saying "you shouldn't optimize" or instead of "i dont like 4e" saying "you shouln't like 4e".). But this goes the other way to whe. Someone tries to force their optimism on others (when someone says "i dont like playing 4e" saying "yes you do" or "if you dont you are stuck in the past"). This is bound to happen here or there, but I think he has a point that it has gotten out of hand and that some people are really just bullying others into holding or not holding opinions (and I am not guiltless myself). [/QUOTE]
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