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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 402147" data-attributes="member: 630">Gene, just allow me to say--I have no idea what you're on, but I'm strongly tempted to give it a try.  I mean, what else can I say to statements like this--See what I mean?  It looks like a sentence but try to figure out the thought it conveys, and you're left with a strong urge to smash your head against the wall...You see, this is the classic 1e fan complaint.  3e is missing some vague, undefined thing that was essential to 1e's success.  Ask them just what it was, and they'll start hemming and hawing, but they'll never deny it exists.Okay, Gene, not only does this have one of those "wha-?" feelings like your earlier sentence, but you also display the forceful elitism so many 1e fans show.  Somehow, 3e fans are a bunch of fools being tricked by the present game makers...You know, I'm just going to give up trying to figure out exactly what it is you mean, because piercing the meaning of your sentences say is like trying to look through a brick wall--they're that opaque.  I think what you're saying boils down to that because 1e came first, all other versions should be considered lower than it.  Which is basically like saying that an older computer operating system is automatically superior to a newer one, but hey, we all have our opinions...</blockquote>