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Ahh, so if someone uses racial slurs in an article, but says that it's not disparaging, it isn't? I don't think so. He made the claim...

I mean, non-optimizers benefit massively more from both of those changes than optimizers lol. Optimzers will usually have PCs with...

Or else he could use a non-disparaging term like Roleplaying Childhood Heroes. He chose not to, which makes what he has to say suspect...

Yep. There's a middle ground.

Casual =/= not serious.

Does that make the terms used not derogatory?

He is using disparaging terminology for that style of play, which makes the motive suspect. If he wanted his motive to be taken at face...

That's why you're under the mistaken impression that it's like a train wreck/broken record. Like a working record, maybe, but not a...

Not one person that I've seen has said that it's illegitimate. In fact, the opposite has been said many, many, MANY times by various...

We haven't hit 300 RPM yet. This is just getting started. ;)

The Battletech RPG is Mechwarrior. Edit: Which I see @Maxperson already mentioned.

IMO, most of the quotes from @pemerton 's preferred game designers read as quite arrogant to me, with an "ivory tower academia" vibe. I...

It's completely fair. He uses derogatory terms like... GM Story Hour Princess Play Under Substantial Exploration he says, "This is not...

Agreed. I don't really care for the academic arrogance I read in many of these quoted passages.

There's Battletech the strategic wargame and Battletech(Mechwarrior) the RPG.