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<blockquote data-quote="catastrophic" data-source="post: 5597055" data-attributes="member: 81381">Actually several people in this thread are clearly heavily implying just that.&nbsp;And to be frank, it's disingenuous to argue for some equal share. I challenge you to go to any news item on the web relating to dungeon and dragons, and read the comments section. You'd be amazed at how quickly you come across people posting about how 4e sucks and nobody should play it. To say nothing of how people act on forums. The edition wars over 4e have never been an equal conflict, and that platitude only encourages the real instigators, who are often, although not always, people who dislike 4e.&nbsp;Once again, you can look at the thread this topic was forked from and pretend it's an equal conflict, but that's not really what's going on. It's not as if the thread didn't have merit, I especially liked the mention of angel summoner and bmx bandit, but the attitude is still there in the background.&nbsp;I stand by my original post in this thread. An edition war happens when 4e fans put up too much of a fight. &nbsp;When they don't, there's an endless, self perpetuating, snide subtext on the issue. Occasionally fans of 4e get sick of that and ask the other side if they want to make something of it, and that's when something is labeled an edition war, and hence bad.&nbsp;And frankly, why should people put up with it? If people went around the general forum making endless snide comments about 3e and how much it looks like a dumb baby puzzle in comparison to the other editions, i'm pretty sure the mods would get on it pretty fast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catastrophic, post: 5597055, member: 81381"] Actually several people in this thread are clearly heavily implying just that. And to be frank, it's disingenuous to argue for some equal share. I challenge you to go to any news item on the web relating to dungeon and dragons, and read the comments section. You'd be amazed at how quickly you come across people posting about how 4e sucks and nobody should play it. To say nothing of how people act on forums. The edition wars over 4e have never been an equal conflict, and that platitude only encourages the real instigators, who are often, although not always, people who dislike 4e. Once again, you can look at the thread this topic was forked from and pretend it's an equal conflict, but that's not really what's going on. It's not as if the thread didn't have merit, I especially liked the mention of angel summoner and bmx bandit, but the attitude is still there in the background. I stand by my original post in this thread. An edition war happens when 4e fans put up too much of a fight. When they don't, there's an endless, self perpetuating, snide subtext on the issue. Occasionally fans of 4e get sick of that and ask the other side if they want to make something of it, and that's when something is labeled an edition war, and hence bad. And frankly, why should people put up with it? If people went around the general forum making endless snide comments about 3e and how much it looks like a dumb baby puzzle in comparison to the other editions, i'm pretty sure the mods would get on it pretty fast. [/QUOTE]

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