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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think what is more mature is for us adults to not to be so easily offended. And I was definitely guilty of this before so I'm not... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to MrBeens304's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Maybe you have someone on ignore, maybe you missed posts in this insanely long thread, but as per Hawkeye's point at the top of the post...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, for instance, the rather scornful rejection of anything that doesn't work the way the speaker accepts (e.g. dismissing cited...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean, you are asking him to coin new jargon here rather than using well understood terms from outside of the hobby - given the general...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hang on - so you're saying that it is disparaging to be compared to girls playing princess? But not boys playing cops and robbers? Or...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to grankless's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He says it right there that it's not disparaging, so I guess you just aren't reading the posts you're quoting. Can you explain what part...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If "cops and robbers" is OK, but "princess play" is not, then I feel the gender point goes through 100%. My daughters never played cops...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your honour, I didn't kill them. I just introduced a substance into their food, which - when they ingested it - disrupted some cell...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The comparison to how things work in the real world was made, and that's what I've been addressing when I've asked people to look at it...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He doesn't agree that they are disparaging terms - for instance,: the term “princess play” is not intended to be disparaging. I do not...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Vincent Baker is not especially casual. He's serious about game design. I don't see how that makes him elitist or condescending.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He's written the essay to praise simulationist play. He is showing that it is worthwhile, and that it doesn't need to be described in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, what would Vincent Baker know about designing RPGs? Much earlier in this thread we worked out that he's just some internet rando.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Since you didn't ask for one from Max, no, I will not provide one. The burden of proof belongs to those who levy the original...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you mean that Tuovinen has a sense of superiority about simulationist play, I think that's a bit unfair.