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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5245577" data-attributes="member: 59506">I think this is spot on and really good advice.&nbsp;I personally chose: &quot;Long-time D&amp;D player (regardless of war game history)&quot; as this seemed the one closest to my definition.&nbsp; (Although &quot;Someone who prefers an old edition of D&amp;D - regardless of war game history&quot;, was pretty close for me also.)&nbsp;I prefer the &quot;old, grumbling, military veteran&quot; definition myself (since that's me<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&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />), but as applied to RPG's I prefer the above.&nbsp; I feel that it can be either positive or negative, depending on the person being described or the behavior of the specified person.&nbsp; But, it does seem to usually be used in a negative way.&nbsp; That's unfortunate as the people this originally applied to were trusted advisors, respected and consulted for their experience.&nbsp;Personally, I proudly consider myself a Grognard.&nbsp; If someone else called me that in a negative manner, I think I'd have to consider that I may be exhibiting some of the more negative aspects of the name and possibly deserved it (unless it's simply due to my preference of an older edition or playstyle).&nbsp; However, I can't recall ever specifically being called one or having something I said (posted) characterized that way.&nbsp;But as it seems to be a hot button word and open to multiple definitions, I think it is good advice that people consider how it might be percieved (whether used to describe themself or someone else).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 5245577, member: 59506"] I think this is spot on and really good advice. I personally chose: [I]"Long-time D&D player (regardless of war game history)"[/I] as this seemed the one closest to my definition. (Although [I]"Someone who prefers an old edition of D&D - regardless of war game history"[/I], was pretty close for me also.) I prefer the "old, grumbling, military veteran" definition myself (since that's me:D), but as applied to RPG's I prefer the above. I feel that it can be either positive or negative, depending on the person being described or the behavior of the specified person. But, it does seem to usually be used in a negative way. That's unfortunate as the people this originally applied to were trusted advisors, respected and consulted for their experience. Personally, I proudly consider myself a Grognard. If someone else called me that in a negative manner, I think I'd have to consider that I may be exhibiting some of the more negative aspects of the name and possibly deserved it (unless it's simply due to my preference of an older edition or playstyle). However, I can't recall ever specifically being called one or having something I said (posted) characterized that way. But as it seems to be a hot button word and open to multiple definitions, I think it is good advice that people consider how it might be percieved (whether used to describe themself or someone else). [/QUOTE]

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