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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8174151" data-attributes="member: 6779196">The issue is in the judgment, not in claiming it to be universal.The shape of the earth isn’t a judgment, it’s a measurable fact of reality. People who believe it to be flat are simply factually wrong. It’s a poor analogy here.The reason those aren’t D&amp;D isn’t their rule sets, it’s their names and brands. Unless you use a very broad definition of D&amp;D that refers to fantasy roleplaying in general, but that’s a whole other discussion. When two people play the game Dungeons and Dragons in different ways, and one of them says “in my opinion, the way you’re playing isn’t D&amp;D,” they’re marginalizing that way of playing. Even if they acknowledge that the person playing it might think of it as D&amp;D, they’re still judging it to not be so. The “in my opinion” only serves as a weak attempt to defend themselves from accusations of passing judgement. It’s like how “everything you say before ‘but’ doesn’t count.” Even if you claim it’s “just an opinion,” the opinion is still judgemental of other people’s play preferences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8174151, member: 6779196"] The issue is in the judgment, not in claiming it to be universal. The shape of the earth isn’t a judgment, it’s a measurable fact of reality. People who believe it to be flat are simply factually wrong. It’s a poor analogy here. The reason those aren’t D&D isn’t their rule sets, it’s their names and brands. Unless you use a very broad definition of D&D that refers to fantasy roleplaying in general, but that’s a whole other discussion. When two people play the game [I]Dungeons and Dragons[/I] in different ways, and one of them says “in my opinion, the way you’re playing isn’t D&D,” they’re marginalizing that way of playing. Even if they acknowledge that the person playing it might think of it as D&D, they’re still judging it to not be so. The “in my opinion” only serves as a weak attempt to defend themselves from accusations of passing judgement. It’s like how “everything you say before ‘but’ doesn’t count.” Even if you claim it’s “just an opinion,” the opinion is still judgemental of other people’s play preferences. [/QUOTE]

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