Favorite Tired ENWorld/D&D Argument?

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Everyone loves the classics. Which one is your favorite?

 

[arwink]

I've always enjoyed the irony of the "It's not realistic" arguements.

 

[EricNoah]

Hmmm ... we don't do off topic polls here on the boards. This was a decision reached by the majority of EN World. The only way this one can survive the axe is if it goes into the Meta forum where it is on topic. So..... away we go!

 

[EricNoah]

As of today I am officially sick of the following terms:

munchkin
broken
snobbery
shaft
theurge
balanced
unbalanced
balance beam
whining
whiners
winos
metagaming
alignment
house rule -- no, wait, that one's ok
knickers
semprini

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Hmmm ... we don't do off topic polls here on the boards. This was a decision reached by the majority of EN World. The only way this one can survive the axe is if it goes into the Meta forum where it is on topic. So..... away we go!

Whoops, forgot about Meta. My bad.

 

[EricNoah]

Whoops, forgot about Meta. My bad.

*shakes head sadly*

Everyone forgets about Meta...

*sniff, sniff*

 

[Crothian]

I'm tired of Rants. Rants never are productive. People just complain and complain, but never really try to solve the problem. The closest most people seem to get to solving a problem is by cutting it out completely, which to me is usually like tossing out the baby with the bathwater.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

As of today I am officially sick of the following terms:

munchkin
broken
snobbery
shaft
theurge
balanced
unbalanced
balance beam
whining
whiners
winos
metagaming
alignment
house rule -- no, wait, that one's ok
knickers
semprini

Well, don't get your knickers in a twist over it.

 

[arwink]

Well, don't get your knickers in a twist over it.

i dunno, I think something like this could be a little more taunting:

"Come on, Eric, they're just words. What kind of snobbery is this? You're whining about other people's use of the english language.

All these words only have negative meanings because that's what you attribute to them. Sure, it's universally agreed that words like theurge and semprini mean something more capable of producing DM angst than they did a week a go, but is it the posters fault that the meanings got broken by WotC? If you don't like what a word means, or the connotations attached, just house rule and quite being one of the whiners who sits around complaining that words like munchkin and metagaming are going to get the shaft in 3.5.

Just train yourself to reinterpret these words as meaning "everything is cool. Ohmmmm" and those ulcers will just drift away. Language, meaning and interpretation are a playground, all you've got to do is learn to stay up on the balance beam and avoid the winos who lurk down the back. It's not like everyone out there agrees on things like the interpretation of various alignments, or what may or may not be balanced or unbalanced. If you've adapted to that, treat language the same way. Rule 0 meaning, if you want. Interpretation is in the eye of the beholders. All in all, it's really not worth getting your knickers in a twist."

Of course, that could be seen as trying to hard

 

[EricNoah]

Of course, that could be seen as trying to hard

"Dude, that totally smacks of effort!"

Seriously, though -- funny stuff!