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[Aldarc]

Every time you read the word diegetic in a thread here, drink.

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[Gradine]

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[Thomas Shey]

That seems to be counter to the shared, collaborative experience of an RPG to me. If you feel that way why not just play a single player CRPG or a solo.TTRPG?

Because other people can end up bringing more to the experience. I just never go in expecting it, especially in parts of the game that just don't interest me. But similarly, I don't think they should demand my interest in parts that just aren't interesting.

I mean, I don't expect this any more than I expect to be interested in every conversation at a get-together.

 

[Gradine]

"Die Hard is a Christmas movie" is not really funny, insightful, or particularly accurate, and it's the kind of the late 90's-early 00's internet humor that should've stayed in the late 90's-early 00's like the Happy Tree Friends or Chuck Norris jokes.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I would say that can be an issue of guilt by association. There are a lot of AI bandwagoners who are genuinely contemptuous of not just artists but art in general, so when one gets into an argument over AI you have to be careful to make it clear what you actually think, else others will fill in what isn't being said.

That requires them to take the time to hear what you have to say. When people have gotten sensitive about something, my observation has been that generally nuance is lost on them.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Unpopular opinion, at least around here, apparently: edition warring is completely useless, play the that appeals most to you

Edition warring is almost always useless; it being useful is not why it happens. Its almost always an expression of frustration.

 

[Thomas Shey]

But there simply isn't the impetus to war against 5e. It's not downright offensive to anyone. It doesn't do everything that each other edition did, there are legitimate criticisms of it, sure, but it's just, nothing about it represents the sort of existential threat that 4e apparently did.

Though don't underestimate its ability to attract system war. There's not much in 5e to make people who were already actively hostile to D&D less so, and some things to the contrary.

 

[Thomas Shey]

D&D's six attributes are overused and overrated in the TTRPG scene.

I'm not sure they're overrated--I don't see many people claim they're a particularly good set--but they and their clear derivatives are overused.

 

[Maxperson]

My wife said I had the attention span of a gnat when she was angry with me! I am going to fall back on the portable electronic device defense!

And that would be when she pulls out a bug zapper and looks at you meaningfully.