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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9379664" data-attributes="member: 5142">The fact that there has been a gradual evolution also means that multiple distinct strands had developed, with some strands becoming more prevalent than others. I think that Old School vs. New School is partially about that shift in the prevalent culture between these strands that evolved out of the game. For some people, they became more aware of that shift at the point where WotC acquired D&amp;D and published 3e D&amp;D and 4e D&amp;D. For these people, those older strands that they felt were more prevalent in TSR era of D&amp;D had been passed over in favor of newer strands that were more present in WotC D&amp;D. As you say, the game had evolved. The game had changed. So that game was no longer quite what it was for these players who saw what they viewed as &quot;Old School&quot; becoming sidelined for &quot;New School.&quot; As [USER=6801228]@Chaosmancer[/USER] says, labels tend to be inaccurate and fuzzy, though I don't think that they are entirely without merit in terms of the reality that they are trying to describe. I do think that OSR involves revisionism about what old school D&amp;D was actually like and then formed a more distinct play culture.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 9379664, member: 5142"] The fact that there has been a gradual evolution also means that multiple distinct strands had developed, with some strands becoming more prevalent than others. I think that Old School vs. New School is partially about that shift in the prevalent culture between these strands that evolved out of the game. For some people, they became more aware of that shift at the point where WotC acquired D&D and published 3e D&D and 4e D&D. For these people, those older strands that they felt were more prevalent in TSR era of D&D had been passed over in favor of newer strands that were more present in WotC D&D. As you say, the game had evolved. The game had changed. So that game was no longer quite what it was for these players who saw what they viewed as "Old School" becoming sidelined for "New School." As [USER=6801228]@Chaosmancer[/USER] says, labels tend to be inaccurate and fuzzy, though I don't think that they are entirely without merit in terms of the reality that they are trying to describe. I do think that OSR involves revisionism about what old school D&D was actually like and then formed a more distinct play culture. [/QUOTE]

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