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I think (I don't know, this is just a personal guess) that this comes from the intersection of a few different known patterns of play, broad desires among players, needs of GMs, and economic realities. All generalizations, of course - they don't necessarily hold for any particular table or...

So, in your game, there's likely a rule that says something in the neighborhood of, "When your character runs out of hit points, they are dead." Upon agreeing to play the game, the player agrees to, and is expected to abide by, that rule, even if, at the moment it is invoked, that isn't what...

Guess what? I had to go look up what he was known for. I don't know the names of comic artists or film directors most of the time either. It is possible to like games, and know tons about them and how they are played, without giving a hoot about the names of designers. If you are going to be...

You say that as if it is a good thing. Fast-fashion is inexorably tied to disposable fashion, and the waste of enegy and income that the yearly turnover of fashion generates. Technology creating a wasteful industry may not be a convincing example. You have missed the salient point. The issue...

There are lots of things each of us cannot afford. We have not yet achieved a reliable post-scarcity world, so some things will be out of reach. At the moment? Because you would be raising yourself up on the backs of other humans who you have not paid for their efforts in order to get your...

One of my hobbies is pedantry, which I can indulge by noting that "puzzles" and "games" are really two different activities, and crosswords should not count as games for purposes of hobby discussion. :p I am a homeowner, so I have a hobby in home maintenance whether I like it or not. It...

Having been warned just a few posts ago, you continue to make this personal. I don't understand how you thought that was going to turn out well for you. People who do not listen to you may be incorrect, but being wrong about the RPG business is not a crime, and does not warrant continuing...

Mod note: You seem to be about half an inch from calling someone a liar to their face, and you're effectively shouting. If you cannot keep it civil, your civility will be enforced by your non-presence in the discussion. Keep your cool, please.

Mod Note: Rule #1 is "Keep it civil." The suggestion that real world health services should use biological weapons on people who don't toe the line... is not what we'd call civil discourse around here. Please keep within the rules. Thanks.

I know the technique as the "cr@p sandwich". And it is sandwiching the cr@p between two positive things. When the cr@p outnumbers the good things... it's just a pile of cr@p.

Well, when amateurs do it, sure. When the technique is used superficially, to fob people off with plausible deniability of being a complete jerk about it, it can make things worse. When you are actively listening, actually respectful and thoughtful, and care about the fact that you are...

So, hold that thought... You do realize, however, that confrontation on the internet generally changes nothing, right? That arguing with them about their being wrong is terribly unlikely to change their minds? They will, in fact, generally dig in when you confront them. So, if nothing else...

Well actually... Remember, we call coded language a "dog whistle", because there are actual high pitched whistles that tend to irritate dogs into barking. The poster seems to be using it in the original sense, not in the modern cultural sense.

Mod note:/b] Goading people, really? That's going to be your play? If you're looking to start a fight, do it on some other site, please and thanks.

This thread should not become an argument over the good and bad parts of copyright law, so I am not going to engage with your personal opinion on the matter.

I'm so sorry, but you have it backwards. EN World was established as a news site back when 3e was the news. To this day, the news pages get far more traffic than the forums. So, this is a news site, complete with writers and editors, that happens to have a place to talk tagged onto the side...

No. The copyright is still owned, it is just not being used. They can sue you for infringement even if they have no intention of putting Melf back in print.

There's this one genuine psychic in Spokane, named Gemini Kozwalski. She knows.

Perhaps unfortunately, timing has vastly reduced by need and thus interest, for D&D products. I just finished up a Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign, and my players unanimously said they'd prefer to do something not high fantasy, which means I'm unlikely to be running much D&D for a while...

So, a question then... Why do you care that your game gets called a "sandbox" or not? Is what your game gets classified as by people who aren't in it going to change your games any? Is there any value to your players for EN Worlders to call it a sandbox? Are you trying to literally (or...