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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 8753066" data-attributes="member: 7031982">I’m so glad you asked!No, I’m not saying it’s “ok as long as everybody gets to play” I’m saying that describing it as “Manning, Perry, and a bunch of guys watching from the bench” is hyperbolic. Now, it’s fair to say that there were a handful of players (and one head coach) who got all the fame and glory, and a bunch more who were excellent players and were vital to the team, but who didn’t become household names or pick up as many lucrative sponsorships. Assuming that the complaints about wizards expressed in this thread are true, I think this version of the football story is a better analogy: the Fighter isn’t sitting on the bench watching, they are making a vital contribution. Maybe not as much, and not as flashy, as the wizard (again, assuming the critiques are accurate) but very much contributing. And it’s also totally fair to say, “I don’t want to be in the shadow of the superstar! Contributing almost as much isn’t fun for me!”  I don’t personally feel that way, but if you do that’s completely valid. In other words, I don’t think the analogy has to be taken to an exaggerated extreme to make a valid point. And doing so doesn’t persuade anybody; it just gets people who already agree to keep agreeing.</blockquote>