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<blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 2243256" data-attributes="member: 3854">What would be said of a person going to a Dog-lover forum and posting (repeatedly) &quot;Cats rule, dogs drool.&quot; Or &quot;Cats rule, dawgs drool.&quot;?What would be said of a person going to a Chicago forum and posting (repeatedly) &quot;Chicago is a stunted version of New York.&quot; or &quot;Chicagone is a stunted version of New York.&quot;?What would be said of a person going to a Lord of the Rings forum and posting (repeatedly) &quot;Tolkien was a hack.&quot; or &quot;Tolcan't was a hack.&quot;?What would be said of a person going to a Rolemaster forum and posting (repeatedly) &quot;Rolemaster is a poorly designed rip off of D&amp;D.&quot; or &quot;Chartmaster is a poorly designed rip off of D&amp;D.&quot;?What would be said of a person going to the Dragonsfoot forum and posting (repeatedly) &quot;O/AD&amp;D are an ill-conceived and incomplete attempt at a game system.&quot; or &quot;EG&amp;G is an ill-conceived and incomplete attempt at a game system.&quot;Would those posters be called out as trolls trying to start arguments? Would such comments be allowed constantly?Why does this D&amp;D/d20 board allow some people to constantly say, &quot;d20 is not D&amp;D.&quot; or &quot;d02 ain't D&amp;D.&quot;? And all the variations of that kind of trolling comment. &quot;Third edtion killed D&amp;D.&quot; &quot;The game has gone downhill ever since AD&amp;D1.&quot; etc.Such statements are nothing more than &quot;forum grenades&quot; thrown into conversation to prompt a flame war. Such statements do not further discussion; do not add interesting information; serve no purpose other than flame bait. It is an intentional insult. Even if no one is actually insulted by the comments, the intention is there.Yet, here, such trolling comments are allowed. It's not like saying the current game is &quot;too/more complicated.&quot; Or that the art is &quot;too spikey&quot;. Such things are topics for discussion. What I'm talking about are those comments that have no purpose or value other than to slight, insult, and bait the people of the forum.Why are such &quot;grenades&quot; allowed here? [And it's not just one person, either.] It just seems odd, that given ENWorld's other pretty tight restrictions and guidelines for decency and politeness (which I agree with and appreciate), that such flamebait is not warned off.Quasqueton</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quasqueton, post: 2243256, member: 3854"] What would be said of a person going to a Dog-lover forum and posting (repeatedly) "Cats rule, dogs drool." Or "Cats rule, dawgs drool."? What would be said of a person going to a Chicago forum and posting (repeatedly) "Chicago is a stunted version of New York." or "Chicagone is a stunted version of New York."? What would be said of a person going to a Lord of the Rings forum and posting (repeatedly) "Tolkien was a hack." or "Tolcan't was a hack."? What would be said of a person going to a Rolemaster forum and posting (repeatedly) "Rolemaster is a poorly designed rip off of D&D." or "Chartmaster is a poorly designed rip off of D&D."? What would be said of a person going to the Dragonsfoot forum and posting (repeatedly) "O/AD&D are an ill-conceived and incomplete attempt at a game system." or "EG&G is an ill-conceived and incomplete attempt at a game system." Would those posters be called out as trolls trying to start arguments? Would such comments be allowed constantly? Why does this D&D/d20 board allow some people to constantly say, "d20 is not D&D." or "d02 ain't D&D."? And all the variations of that kind of trolling comment. "Third edtion killed D&D." "The game has gone downhill ever since AD&D1." etc. Such statements are nothing more than "forum grenades" thrown into conversation to prompt a flame war. Such statements do not further discussion; do not add interesting information; serve no purpose other than flame bait. It is an intentional insult. Even if no one is actually insulted by the comments, the intention is there. Yet, here, such trolling comments are allowed. It's not like saying the current game is "too/more complicated." Or that the art is "too spikey". Such things are topics for discussion. What I'm talking about are those comments that have no purpose or value other than to slight, insult, and bait the people of the forum. Why are such "grenades" allowed here? [And it's not just one person, either.] It just seems odd, that given ENWorld's other pretty tight restrictions and guidelines for decency and politeness (which I agree with and appreciate), that such flamebait is not warned off. Quasqueton [/QUOTE]

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