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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon Magalis" data-source="post: 53070" data-attributes="member: 2808">Can't we all just get along?I am going to have to join the frey and give in to the temptation (along with everyone else here) to write the definitive post that will settle this. My question is why can't you just take the good points of whatever system you happen to be playing and make the most of it? If you didn't like the settings offered in 2nd Ed. then you certainly could have ignored them; there were still plenty of stand-alone modules to plug into your custom world. If you didn't like the lack of settings in 1st Ed. you certainly could have come up with your own. Don't get me wrong, I see everyone's point and the point is... you are all right in a way. However, we all bring our own baggage to the gaming table and there is nothing you can do to change that. I like all three editions of the game for very different reasons, though 3rd Ed. is my favorite simply because of the system itself, not the perfume that goes along with it. When you get right down to it, at least in our group, the DM is 99% of the game, not the gaming company or the module. I have many types of gamers in my group and I try very hard to give them all something they can enjoy. To me, the one common factor in good gamers is that they don't want to be spoon-fed. I have never met a gamer that enjoys being forced down a particular path or "given" something they didn't earn. All other debates aside, I feel that if the DM creates a sense of the characters' actions being vital to WHATEVER is going on in the session, that players of all types will be  content, if not overjoyed. The trick is to have SOMETHING in each session that intrigues each player, if possible. Anyhow, this is getting too long (especially for my first post). Imagine how long this thread will be in 30 years after another two editions or so!</blockquote>

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