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I have to point out that hard-line distinction doesn't apply to how people described them even 40 years ago, though, so I don't think...

Its just easier for AI to do things that involve shuffling digital structures than physical ones, so that's what you're seeing first.

Well, I suspect this is effectively true, not in a broad sense, but in a "I don't want to play with people who have those preferences"...

I gotta admit I don't fully understand...or maybe 'sympathize with' is a better way of expressing it...the importance placed on...

It isn't even always tech workers. My wife is the manager of a sales support department of her company, and during COVID a number of...

A lot of tech workers who are able to work remotely started moving to smaller towns where overall cost of living is cheaper, so that...

Do you have some evidence, at least outside the D&D-adjacent sphere, that anyone else cares what they call an edition? I can't say the...

I'll point out Umbran referenced that in the second sentence you quoted.

Because you want to play with specific people, perhaps for themselves, perhaps because you know they'll bring things to the game that...

As I see it, that doesn't make it not a trade-off. You like tactical play, you trade that as a significant focus in the game for an...

That sounds less like a question about lore, and more like an existential crisis. Very, "What is the purpose of life?!?" energy. I...

I have to note that with many groups the game is first however. This is sometimes even true with groups composed of closer friends, who...

That's the alternate to dealing with trade-offs--curating the player group and GM combination. There are various reasons that's not...

I think you misinterpret the issue in a maximally negative light. It has nothing to do with a zero-sum game. When you go out to...

On the other hand, the idea that there are many groups that play together for various reasons that have some conflicts about what they...