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5e and the Cheesecake Factory: Explaining Good Enough
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric V" data-source="post: 8202982" data-attributes="member: 6779717"><p>Just because I like something more than another thing, doesn't mean that first thing is of higher quality...it just means the latter thing hits my preferences better.</p><p></p><p>Since [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] brings up Age of Ultron a few times, I'll go with that: I know it's not a high quality movie, but having now seen it a few times, I enjoy it more.</p><p></p><p>Maybe that just means I like kitsch. Or that particular brand of kitsch. I have no trouble admitting that there are things I like that aren't of the highest quality. That doesn't mean that objective quality isn't a thing, though. John Stuart Mill's ideas about levels of pleasure might be worth looking at here.</p><p></p><p>5e, when talking about the quality of TTRPGs <em>in general</em> may end up being of a middling quality, but 5e is of very high quality in<em> being D&D</em>. As it was designed to do. It is very good at delivering a classic, non-offensive "D&D Experience" which include the sacred cows, the adventures mostly being reimaginings of classic adventures, etc. If I have a disparate group of people, each coming from a different D&D experience, the edition I will likely get the most buy-in for will be 5e. Hence, the Cheesecake Factory analogy.</p><p></p><p>(As well, 5e is popular because "popular" was a <em>high </em>priority (as evidenced by the extensive playtesting and data gathering), as well as a zeitgeist of other factors the design crew had no control over).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric V, post: 8202982, member: 6779717"] Just because I like something more than another thing, doesn't mean that first thing is of higher quality...it just means the latter thing hits my preferences better. Since [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] brings up Age of Ultron a few times, I'll go with that: I know it's not a high quality movie, but having now seen it a few times, I enjoy it more. Maybe that just means I like kitsch. Or that particular brand of kitsch. I have no trouble admitting that there are things I like that aren't of the highest quality. That doesn't mean that objective quality isn't a thing, though. John Stuart Mill's ideas about levels of pleasure might be worth looking at here. 5e, when talking about the quality of TTRPGs [I]in general[/I] may end up being of a middling quality, but 5e is of very high quality in[I] being D&D[/I]. As it was designed to do. It is very good at delivering a classic, non-offensive "D&D Experience" which include the sacred cows, the adventures mostly being reimaginings of classic adventures, etc. If I have a disparate group of people, each coming from a different D&D experience, the edition I will likely get the most buy-in for will be 5e. Hence, the Cheesecake Factory analogy. (As well, 5e is popular because "popular" was a [I]high [/I]priority (as evidenced by the extensive playtesting and data gathering), as well as a zeitgeist of other factors the design crew had no control over). [/QUOTE]
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