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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Epic Meepo" data-source="post: 9476458" data-attributes="member: 57073">I'm glad none of that causes dissonance to your mind, and I suspect you're in the majority on that.My mind works differently, so much of what you wrote does cause dissonance for me. I'll put my explanation in a spoiler block, because it's lengthy and somewhat off topic:[spoiler=How I Experience Cognitive Dissonance]To my mind, when I read the above-quoted post in the context of the 2024 rules, I immediately have to wonder if it was written with the capitalization standards of the ruleset in mind. Because I wouldn't call Ginny's Coffehouse (the proper name) a pub (lower-case p), but I'd call it a Pub (capital P) when referencing the rules element it represents. And, in writing, I wouldn't refer to Ginny's Coffehouse (the proper name) as a Coffeehouse (capital C not preceded by Ginny's), because by the conventions of the 2014 rules, a Coffeehouse (capital C not part of a proper name) is a rules element which may or may not be a coffeehouse (lower-case c).Also, I have to wonder why the above-quoted post uses Champions (capital C) and Knights (capital K) as examples of terms that don't cause cognitive dissonance. In the context of the 2014 rules, there would be no reason to use the terms Champion (capital C) and Knight (capital K) unless you were also introducing rules elements with those names. In the absence of those rules elements, the terms champion (lower-case c) and knight (lower-case k) are perfectly sufficient. So of course a champion (lower-case c) or a knight (lower-case k) can be a wizard (lower-case w)... or even a Wizard (capital W).If everything I wrote in the previous paragraphs seems pedantic, then your mind doesn't work like mine, so none of the points I'm making is relevant to you (which is perfectly fine). In the mean time, my mind parses rules text the same way it parses computer code. If the rules of the game are case-sensitive, then when I'm reading or writing about those rules, my mind treats capitalized and non-capitalized words differently. That's just how my mind processes technical writing.[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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