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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4235194" data-attributes="member: 19675">Hong, brevity may be the soul of wit, but I'm trying to pack for a road trip to Austin and I'm not quite getting what you're saying to me.Are you agreeing with or criticizing me?Just to clarify my position:1) I think the old 9 point alignment system is the best alignment system out there right now.2) I think a 3 point G-U-E system would be better than 4Ed's proposed 5 point system.3) I'm not making any judgement as to whether LG is the best kind of good or not, just that if you're going to break out special nomenclature for one kind of good (and likewise for evil), then other reference points need to be identified as well.  You can't cover everything perfectly, but you'll have a better overall framework within which to operate.To analogize, the 9 point system is like the famous nutrition pyramid, distinguishing between Meats, Dairy, Grains, Fruits, Vegetables etc. with examples. Its not perfect, it doesn't have every detail about nutrition that matters, but its a handy tool.A simpler 3 point nutrition system would distinguish between Drink, Food and Inedibles- less detailed than the 9 point system, but its streamlined in such a way that it is quick and easy to learn, and therefore also quite useful.In contrast, a 5 point nutrition system distinguishes between Drink, Food, Inedibles, Dairy and Veggies.  It just begs questions right out of the gate...like why do Dairy and Veggies get special attention?  Did they somehow deserve it?  And why don't Meats rate their own special designation?  Why not Meats and Grains instead of Dairy and Veggies.IOW, the 4Ed 5 point system is not as helpful as it could be. It is a step back from the previous regime in terms of usefulness. The details it adds to a potentially simpler system simply make it look like someone strapped rockets to a parrot.</blockquote>

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