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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 7573127">I think it depends though. I've often found people who seem to like everything, are not a very good way of gauging what I'd like. To me it would boil down to the individual. If it is someone who has preferences closer to mine, and I want to ensure I have a good dining experience, I'd go with that individual's recommendation. If I am feeling adventurous I might go with the person who has had everything on the menu. Either way, I'd get information from both of them, treat them both like human beings and wouldn't sneer at either one of them for the kind of food they like to eat. The latter is really what I am talking about here. It is fine to be worldly. It is fine to try lots of RPGs. I think people can get so into that though, they lose sight of what interests people who like more standard faire. To use another metaphor: film. Growing up my dad liked to watch all kinds of movies. There is something good about that, but it has its downsides. When we went to video store he'd always get recommendations from the people working there. We saw a lot of movies, but I can honestly say one result of this approach is most of the movies were not that enjoyable (and if we had stuck with more mainstream blockbuster hits, more of the movies we saw, we'd probably have enjoyed). For every cool, quirky movie we saw, we had to sit through two films like Wizard of Speed and Time and The Peanut Butter Solution. Again, I am not knocking having wide ranging taste and trying many things (I do try to play as many RPGs as I can when I have the time). I just think people are not seeing that there is no grail here. Every approach is going to have downsides and upsides. I like to try lots of things still. But it is definitely not for everyone. And you can be just as much of a jerk advocating for the latest quirky thing you've found, as you can be stubbornly refusing to engage anything outside your experience. And I've learned to respect that other people might have more straightforward tastes and be put off by things that are less in that zone.</blockquote>

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