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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7005121" data-attributes="member: 6778044"><p>I think that nostalgia is part of it for a lot of people. Both in gaming and music. But there's also that gut reaction thing when something really speaks to you. D&D and King Crimson, Yes, and Floyd all have. It's also a very individual thing. I think I have a natural tempo of 5 or 7, because music in those time signatures tends to have a noticeable impact on me.But it doesn't have to be. Kiss is a nostalgia/punk sort of simplicity gut reaction for me. Ace is no guitar hero, and there's certainly nothing in an odd time signature. But they were the first band I got into as a kid and it makes me want to pick up my guitar. ELO was next and Yes was the first concert. But every time I hear Gates of Delirium, I'm also drawn into D&D mode because I can picture myself in the basement painting minis, or preparing for a game session.</p><p></p><p>There's no doubt that nostalgia drives part of what I'm looking for now in my D&D game. Not so much the nostalgia of remembering specific past things, but the emotional draw, the thing that says, "I really want to play D&D." I'd almost say it's not so much a nostalgia thing as a comfort thing - certain music and D&D are part of who I am in a sense. And a big part of that in D&D is making the game my own, changing the rules to fit what works for our campaign, rather than accepting what somebody else has come up with as "official" or "authentic." It's really only "authentic" if it feels that way to you.</p><p></p><p>And really, thinking about the campaign, rules, etc. isn't always an intentional thing. They are the sort of things that pop into my head whenever. It's just part of how my brain works now. And I totally get that this isn't the way most players of D&D feel about the game. It's just a game. Which it is. But we all have things in our lives that are just <em>more</em> than that simple thing. Something we're passionate about. D&D (and music) are two of those things. And I have the kids and am working back into having more time for D&D after a long stretch of not having so much time as most of us go through. And after the initial rush (who rock, of course) of playing again (and even better, teaching my daughter with Keep on the Borderlands), I naturally fall right back into tweaking the rules again. So it's really part of the game as far as I'm concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 7005121, member: 6778044"] I think that nostalgia is part of it for a lot of people. Both in gaming and music. But there's also that gut reaction thing when something really speaks to you. D&D and King Crimson, Yes, and Floyd all have. It's also a very individual thing. I think I have a natural tempo of 5 or 7, because music in those time signatures tends to have a noticeable impact on me.But it doesn't have to be. Kiss is a nostalgia/punk sort of simplicity gut reaction for me. Ace is no guitar hero, and there's certainly nothing in an odd time signature. But they were the first band I got into as a kid and it makes me want to pick up my guitar. ELO was next and Yes was the first concert. But every time I hear Gates of Delirium, I'm also drawn into D&D mode because I can picture myself in the basement painting minis, or preparing for a game session. There's no doubt that nostalgia drives part of what I'm looking for now in my D&D game. Not so much the nostalgia of remembering specific past things, but the emotional draw, the thing that says, "I really want to play D&D." I'd almost say it's not so much a nostalgia thing as a comfort thing - certain music and D&D are part of who I am in a sense. And a big part of that in D&D is making the game my own, changing the rules to fit what works for our campaign, rather than accepting what somebody else has come up with as "official" or "authentic." It's really only "authentic" if it feels that way to you. And really, thinking about the campaign, rules, etc. isn't always an intentional thing. They are the sort of things that pop into my head whenever. It's just part of how my brain works now. And I totally get that this isn't the way most players of D&D feel about the game. It's just a game. Which it is. But we all have things in our lives that are just [I]more[/I] than that simple thing. Something we're passionate about. D&D (and music) are two of those things. And I have the kids and am working back into having more time for D&D after a long stretch of not having so much time as most of us go through. And after the initial rush (who rock, of course) of playing again (and even better, teaching my daughter with Keep on the Borderlands), I naturally fall right back into tweaking the rules again. So it's really part of the game as far as I'm concerned. [/QUOTE]
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