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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4548210" data-attributes="member: 65637"><p>You people...</p><p></p><p></p><p>House ruling or saying "Just pretend the problem isn't there" doesn't get rid of the problem. First off, I'm glad some of you don't think it's a problem - no sarcasm, it means you're having no problems having fun with the game, and you're overall just having a good time. And that's a good thing; it's what games are supposed to do. But other people <em>are</em> having a problem with this, and saying "I don't see the problem" doesn't change <em>their</em> experience. Just because YOU don't have a problem doesn't mean it's the same for everyone else. Because we <strong>love</strong> food metaphors, I dislike mustard. I dislike just about everything about mustard. For me, there's a problem with mustard. But I've yet to have someone say "You don't have a REAL problem with mustard. You're just FAKING it. Stop thinking so hard about mustard and just enjoy it." Primarily because if they did, they would be a douche, and I would punch them for being-a-douche related reasons. For some reason, it's socially acceptable to have a problem with mustard, but it's <strong>not</strong> socially acceptable (at least around here) to have an issue with 4e Powers system mechanics.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, if anything, the number of explanations and house ruled ways to show how powers <em>aren't bad, really,</em> just proves that there IS a problem. I'm glad the house ruling works for you. But here's the thing - <em>house ruling isn't core</em>. Your house rules aren't everyone's house rules; if anything, your house rules aren't ANYONE'S house rules. And most of you have completely different explanations at that. But here's the thing - <em>those explanations and house rules wouldn't exist if there wasn't something for you to fix in the first place</em>. You don't make all these explanations like "Oh, well, clearly I just didn't have the opening for the move that time" unless you felt the <em>need</em> to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4548210, member: 65637"] You people... House ruling or saying "Just pretend the problem isn't there" doesn't get rid of the problem. First off, I'm glad some of you don't think it's a problem - no sarcasm, it means you're having no problems having fun with the game, and you're overall just having a good time. And that's a good thing; it's what games are supposed to do. But other people [I]are[/I] having a problem with this, and saying "I don't see the problem" doesn't change [I]their[/I] experience. Just because YOU don't have a problem doesn't mean it's the same for everyone else. Because we [B]love[/B] food metaphors, I dislike mustard. I dislike just about everything about mustard. For me, there's a problem with mustard. But I've yet to have someone say "You don't have a REAL problem with mustard. You're just FAKING it. Stop thinking so hard about mustard and just enjoy it." Primarily because if they did, they would be a douche, and I would punch them for being-a-douche related reasons. For some reason, it's socially acceptable to have a problem with mustard, but it's [B]not[/B] socially acceptable (at least around here) to have an issue with 4e Powers system mechanics. Secondly, if anything, the number of explanations and house ruled ways to show how powers [I]aren't bad, really,[/I] just proves that there IS a problem. I'm glad the house ruling works for you. But here's the thing - [I]house ruling isn't core[/I]. Your house rules aren't everyone's house rules; if anything, your house rules aren't ANYONE'S house rules. And most of you have completely different explanations at that. But here's the thing - [I]those explanations and house rules wouldn't exist if there wasn't something for you to fix in the first place[/I]. You don't make all these explanations like "Oh, well, clearly I just didn't have the opening for the move that time" unless you felt the [I]need[/I] to. [/QUOTE]
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