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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5244012" data-attributes="member: 2205">No, it isn't.&nbsp; You're just saying that because I used the word.&nbsp; There's nothing obtuse about my post.:shrug:&nbsp; I don't mind edition wars.&nbsp; I'm more of a spectator than a participant, but grognardy behavior is one of the pillars of edition wars.&nbsp; It seems to me unbelievably naive to think that if we were to magically make everyone stop using the word grognard that edition wars would in any meaningful way change.Plus, I don't know that I see that as a good thing anyway.That's the geek social fallacy right there.&nbsp; Grognardy behavior, using the original grumpy, grumbling, complaining meaning of the word, is anti-social behavior.&nbsp; Why should anyone have to tolerate grumpy, grumbling anti-social behavior for The Cause™ or whatever?&nbsp; Gaming is a hobby.&nbsp; If people come to my game to rant about how the game has gone to the dogs in the last twenty or thirty years or whatever, they can go rant somewhere else.&nbsp; I don't have any obligation to be &quot;understanding&quot; or accepting of anti-social behavior.&nbsp; If I'm not having fun and enjoying the company of the people I game with, then why would I do it?It's a great term with lots of applicability and uses.&nbsp; I love it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5244012, member: 2205"] No, it isn't. You're just saying that because I used the word. There's nothing obtuse about my post. :shrug: I don't mind edition wars. I'm more of a spectator than a participant, but grognardy behavior is one of the pillars of edition wars. It seems to me unbelievably naive to think that if we were to magically make everyone stop using the word grognard that edition wars would in any meaningful way change. Plus, I don't know that I see that as a good thing anyway. That's the geek social fallacy right there. Grognardy behavior, using the original grumpy, grumbling, complaining meaning of the word, is anti-social behavior. Why should anyone have to tolerate grumpy, grumbling anti-social behavior for The Cause™ or whatever? Gaming is a hobby. If people come to my game to rant about how the game has gone to the dogs in the last twenty or thirty years or whatever, they can go rant somewhere else. I don't have any obligation to be "understanding" or accepting of anti-social behavior. If I'm not having fun and enjoying the company of the people I game with, then why would I do it? It's a great term with lots of applicability and uses. I love it. :) [/QUOTE]

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