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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3246356" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>"Back in <em>my</em> day, things were just BETTER, dangit!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>You know, there is just as much intellectually stimulating stuff coming out nowadays as there was a few decades ago, and people in 20 years will be saying the same things about the "good old days" which are now. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't like all anime. But saying it's all worthless crap is as incorrect as saying all sword and sorcery fiction is good. You're comparing the best of what you remember to the worst of what is current. </p><p></p><p>That's the big problem with nostalgia.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I, myself, came to D&D (and fantasy in general) through science fiction and comic books. I still haven't read a whole lot of classic fantasy. I have a few REH Conan books and just can't get through them, despite trying for the past 15 years. The Elric and Corum books I love. The Once and Future King is awesome. Apart from that, every time I try I get really <em>bored</em> with the stuff. . </p><p></p><p>I'm 30, so I don't know how that figures into the whippersnapper argument.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But really, some people are visual and others aren't. I'm an artistic person, I draw a lot. I am very visual. Some people aren't like that. It doesn't have anything to do with watching anime vs reading Books growing up, when I read books I visualize every character. The first step for me when creating a D&D character is making a visual for them. </p><p></p><p>I think your "visual vs verbal" model is flawed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 3246356, member: 926"] "Back in [i]my[/i] day, things were just BETTER, dangit!" You know, there is just as much intellectually stimulating stuff coming out nowadays as there was a few decades ago, and people in 20 years will be saying the same things about the "good old days" which are now. I don't like all anime. But saying it's all worthless crap is as incorrect as saying all sword and sorcery fiction is good. You're comparing the best of what you remember to the worst of what is current. That's the big problem with nostalgia. I, myself, came to D&D (and fantasy in general) through science fiction and comic books. I still haven't read a whole lot of classic fantasy. I have a few REH Conan books and just can't get through them, despite trying for the past 15 years. The Elric and Corum books I love. The Once and Future King is awesome. Apart from that, every time I try I get really [i]bored[/i] with the stuff. . I'm 30, so I don't know how that figures into the whippersnapper argument. But really, some people are visual and others aren't. I'm an artistic person, I draw a lot. I am very visual. Some people aren't like that. It doesn't have anything to do with watching anime vs reading Books growing up, when I read books I visualize every character. The first step for me when creating a D&D character is making a visual for them. I think your "visual vs verbal" model is flawed. [/QUOTE]
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