The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[overgeeked]

A pizza needs a crust: a solid and uniform base to support all of the other toppings. It can be as thin as a cracker or as thick as a baguette, but it has to be there. Otherwise all of the things that make pizza worth eating--the tangy sauce, the cheese, the toppings--will never make it to the table. A crust-only pizza is just a boring slice of bread...but a pizza without any crust at all is just a messy, weird soup.

Nobody is suggesting that pizzas don't need a crust. But there is a weird assertion that unless you have a sufficiently dense pizza crust, the cook is going to take advantage of you. I can't wrap my head around that.

(Assuming we're still talking about rules.)

The play loop is the crust, the game mechanics are the sauce and toppings.

 

[J.Quondam]

The play loop is your face.
The fun is shoving whatever tasty stuff you like into it.

 

[Ryujin]

It’s sad that some people actually think that. It’s a game. Play. Go have fun. “But the rules!” They don’t matter. “Heretic!” Yeah, I know.

 

[Malmuria]

p. 581: we run out of pizza metaphors

 

[CleverNickName]

p. 581: we run out of pizza metaphors

We're moving on to pizza similes. It's like when you're ordering a pizza, and...

 

[Hussar]

Wow, three different posters, all more than ten years old, all with less than a hundred posts total each, suddenly decided to pop up and post in that thread? Sure.

 

[Asisreo]

Has progress ever truly been made in a thread like that? Has there been a time when there was two sides of an argument in this forum and everyone on one side ever goes "y'know, they're actually making sense. Maybe we should reevaluate ourselves."

I feel once an argument has begun, the search for actual answers have long since expired, but that's just me.

 

[MarkB]

I feel once an argument has begun, the search for actual answers have long since expired, but that's just me.

I disagree. I think it's always possible to sway someone with a convincing argument, and you'll never persuade me otherwise.

 

[Asisreo]

I disagree. I think it's always possible to sway someone with a convincing argument, and you'll never persuade me otherwise.

Y'know, you're actually making sense. Maybe I should reevaluate myself

 

[Hussar]

Honestly? There have been a few times when I've had an epiphany in those long threads that has led to me having a better understanding of the issue. So, for me, there's value in that.