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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4748558" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>But we're not talking about the Real World here. If an article just came out and said "Human nations rarely attack eachother", the issue isn't real world history, it's game history. Even if they came up with a reason why this occurs, it's still going to rub some the wrong way because it doesn't feel right.</p><p></p><p>The "fact" is not a fact until it was just casually stated. It's never been that way before, the assumption has never been that way, and it was just tossed out suddenly and I'm just supposed to accept it without question? The assertion seemed to come out of left field, like declaring that gelatinous cubes are suddenly an endangered species. What? </p><p></p><p>Which is why I'm confused the resistance to my simple point that I find the statement odd and I don't buy it. Why do <em>you</em> care that I disagree with the assertion of ~1% of the entire article, a single paragraph of fluff that has no baring on the rest of the article? Why are you fighting me on this?</p><p></p><p>Simply put, the statement is contrary to my assumptions of a game world. It's not a matter of whether I <em>want</em> them to be rare or not, but I just don't <em>assume</em> that they are. And so the sudden statement that they are confuses me, especially because I just don't think that their rarity is all that likely unless there is an active force preventing it, or that there is a <em>specific</em> campaign reason why this happened (specific empire that fell, economic disparity, etc). Neither of which are universal, nor is an arcane college contrary to a PoL world, so I do not see why they would just toss it out there.</p><p></p><p>But to just make sudden blanket statement of fact, arcane schools are rare, without any prior indication or precedence, and with it just not feeling that likely to me, I don't accept it.</p><p></p><p>Do you have a problem with me not accepting it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4748558, member: 54846"] But we're not talking about the Real World here. If an article just came out and said "Human nations rarely attack eachother", the issue isn't real world history, it's game history. Even if they came up with a reason why this occurs, it's still going to rub some the wrong way because it doesn't feel right. The "fact" is not a fact until it was just casually stated. It's never been that way before, the assumption has never been that way, and it was just tossed out suddenly and I'm just supposed to accept it without question? The assertion seemed to come out of left field, like declaring that gelatinous cubes are suddenly an endangered species. What? Which is why I'm confused the resistance to my simple point that I find the statement odd and I don't buy it. Why do [I]you[/I] care that I disagree with the assertion of ~1% of the entire article, a single paragraph of fluff that has no baring on the rest of the article? Why are you fighting me on this? Simply put, the statement is contrary to my assumptions of a game world. It's not a matter of whether I [I]want[/I] them to be rare or not, but I just don't [I]assume[/I] that they are. And so the sudden statement that they are confuses me, especially because I just don't think that their rarity is all that likely unless there is an active force preventing it, or that there is a [I]specific[/I] campaign reason why this happened (specific empire that fell, economic disparity, etc). Neither of which are universal, nor is an arcane college contrary to a PoL world, so I do not see why they would just toss it out there. But to just make sudden blanket statement of fact, arcane schools are rare, without any prior indication or precedence, and with it just not feeling that likely to me, I don't accept it. Do you have a problem with me not accepting it? [/QUOTE]
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