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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6132770" data-attributes="member: 8461">I called this sort of reaction "hysterical" because it not only overstates what's happening, but does so to such a degree that it's difficult to take seriously.What happened was that, on another thread, one person posted an idea, and another person debated it. Shemeska didn't attack the other poster, he didn't say that it was an inherently bad idea, he just personally disagreed with it, and noted why he did so (e.g. adherence to prior materials). That was that; a civil, rational exchange of ideas on a topic, which is sort of the point of having these threads in the first place.Now comes Hussar, loudly bemoaning the "oppression" of a whole range of ideas by these PS-loving fanatics, "shooting down" ideas as though they have some sort of thought-control powers.There's a hypocritical element in this, as for the last several years I've seen you jump into any thread where someone expressed a critique or other negative opinion of Fourth Edition, and proceed to derail the thread by telling them exactly why they're wrong and 4E is the best version of D&D ever to come out. You're a practitioner of the very same "chilling effect" you claim (incorrectly) to be receiving from others now.According to your own poll, "the rest of us" constitute a minority. So there's that.As mentioned previously, the canon is part of the issue of merits that can be discussed in relation to an idea. Likewise, disliking or otherwise disagreeing with an idea is not "shooting it down."As Imaro said, this is incredibly hypocritical - you're against changes being imposed onto the Core, and every other setting...unless they're interesting the way the 4E changes were (and those were everywhere; just look at the Primordials in Dark Sun).For the record, people who disagree with you are not "shutting down" anything. But if you want to see fewer people acting as some sort of thought-police over what's good for the game, I suggest starting a little closer to home.</blockquote>

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