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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6228815" data-attributes="member: 1210">I'm not sure why you think you're an authority on what "TRUE D&D!!" is, but you're not. While it's fine for you to love or hate whatever editions you choose, adding a "Oh, but you guys don't play REAL D&D because you aren't playing old-skoool enough" is neither accurate nor constructive- it's edition warring at its finest, and frankly, it's insulting to everyone who loves the game in its post-TSR iterations. The game says "Dungeons and Dragons" on the cover. The company that owns the brand put it out. Therefore, it is indeed D&D. It may not be D&D to your taste, but claiming that your tastes dictate whether something is "true D&D" or not is just ridiculous. It's as ridiculous as claiming that Sandman isn't a comic because it doesn't have superheroes and it's not an old EC Horror book. It's like saying that the new Star Trek movies aren't Star Trek because Shatner. The fact is, neither I nor you get to decide what Dungeons and Dragons, comic books or Star Trek are. The guys who own the game decide what D&D is; all we get to decide is whether we're playing, whether we like it and whether to move on with the new edition when it comes out. That's it. Claiming that your taste dictates whether a game is or is not D&D is ignoring the fact that people have different tastes and playstyles and have since the very first days of D&D. It's also taking it for granted that you are not just right for your own tastes, but somehow have some magical objective sense of what D&D is to all other people. Clearly, you don't- because you are discarding two of D&D's editions, each of which has a lot of fans (not to mention a lot to offer the game as a whole!), and all those fans would disagree with you.So, in short, while it's fine to hate on later editions, please don't act like your way is the One True Way To D&D. It isn't, and acting like it is insults everyone who plays 3e or 4e D&D. "Your game isn't D&D, it's just another RPG" doesn't fly either. It's the sort of contemptuous backhanded attack that says, "Oh, do it your way, but you're doing it wrong." No. If someone is playing the game (in ANY version) and having fun, you don't get to paint "NOT D&D" on their game.</blockquote>

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