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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4404858" data-attributes="member: 59506">knightofround: In opposition to some that have posted on this thread, I appreciate your oppinion and apoligize for those who have slapped you down for it.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry    :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />  I enjoyed your list just as I have enjoyed everyones list on this thread.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> To be 100% honest with myself, I would say there is a bit of nostalgia in my choices, but not the only reason why I picked them.  I tend to pick adventures to run based on story and plot.  That's not to say that others choices don't have good story and plot, or that your picks don't have story or plot.  I haven't read every RPG adventure in existence and don't know much about most of the ones you picked as your favorites (however they seem to be an interesting mix after looking up and reading synopsis on the internet). As concerns my picks, I'm sure there are some newer adventures that would be, from a purely subjective view, better adventures, but nostalgia is a powerful thing.  For example Highlander is one of my favorite movies.  However, if this movie came out today, and I saw it for the first time, I would probably hate it.  I would pick it apart for its historical inaccuracies and lack of understanding of weapon construction, pan it for its simplistic story line, and never watch it again.  But, because I saw this in High School (dating myself here), at a time when this really appealed to me and stood up well with other movies of its time, I love it.  It will always be one of my favorites. I would imagine that nostalgia probably plays a role in everyones picks.  But thats part of the fun of this thread.  After reading some of the other lists, I keep thinking "Ahh, I wish I had put that on my list too!".  But then my list would have quickly gotten out of control.  I think that shows though, that the classics have withstood the test of time fairly well. P.S. knightofround - just because some have higher posts counts than you doesn't mean your oppinion matters any less.  I look forward to more posts from you.</blockquote>

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