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<blockquote data-quote="Envisioner" data-source="post: 8001506" data-attributes="member: 6749263">As a lifelong slow-adopter of technologies such as the smartphone, I've found it incredibly challenging to do things like look for jobs, because of how many things the employers simply assume EVERYONE has.&nbsp; So your preference for a 20-year-old car could pose a significant problem, if laws were put in place which dictated that (to pick a random example of newer technology, and maybe getting that set up in an old car is possible, but for the sake of argument pretend it isn't) you're not allowed to drive cars which don't have those computerized cameras that let you see what's behind you when you back up.&nbsp; The highway patrol has just decided that any car which doesn't have those cameras is a threat to public safety, and so if they see you driving a car which predates the introduction of that technology, they automatically pull you over and give you a ticket and possibly even impound you.&nbsp; So in some cases, there are severe consequences for failing to adapt as fast as the rest of the human herd wants you to do.&nbsp; In this case, of course, we're talking about games you play in your spare time for fun, so it's not that dire a consequence, but people who cling diehard to past editions (including myself, so it's not like I have no sympathy for your position, I'm just saying this is an issue we have) are people who are creating division and diluting the pool of available co-conspirators in the hobby.&nbsp; It would be a lot easier for us all to find the game we're looking for if we didn't get so hung up on sometimes-insignificant differences between editions, and were more willing to compromise in order to find common ground.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Envisioner, post: 8001506, member: 6749263"] As a lifelong slow-adopter of technologies such as the smartphone, I've found it incredibly challenging to do things like look for jobs, because of how many things the employers simply [I]assume[/I] EVERYONE has. So your preference for a 20-year-old car could pose a significant problem, if laws were put in place which dictated that (to pick a random example of newer technology, and maybe getting that set up in an old car is possible, but for the sake of argument pretend it isn't) you're not allowed to drive cars which don't have those computerized cameras that let you see what's behind you when you back up. The highway patrol has just decided that any car which doesn't have those cameras is a threat to public safety, and so if they see you driving a car which predates the introduction of that technology, they automatically pull you over and give you a ticket and possibly even impound you. So in some cases, there are severe consequences for failing to adapt as fast as the rest of the human herd wants you to do. In this case, of course, we're talking about games you play in your spare time for fun, so it's not that dire a consequence, but people who cling diehard to past editions (including myself, so it's not like I have no sympathy for your position, I'm just saying this is an issue we have) are people who are creating division and diluting the pool of available co-conspirators in the hobby. It would be a lot easier for us all to find the game we're looking for if we didn't get so hung up on sometimes-insignificant differences between editions, and were more willing to compromise in order to find common ground. [/QUOTE]

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