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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6258016" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>Better pizza analogy:</p><p></p><p>You and a group of friends have decided to go out to pizza at a place that only serves pizza. Some are just along for the ride, others are real pizza connoissers, others are just really opinionated.</p><p></p><p>Due to the special deal you plan to take advantage of (part of the reason you went), you can only order one pizza. You're told that you can put a few ingredients on just half (or if absolutely necessary, just a fourth).</p><p></p><p>The first thing you do is decide if everyone can agree on stuff. Everyone likes cheese? Fred who is lactose intolerant knew were getting pizza and just stayed home to play FATE...I mean to eat something else. So you determine the ingredients everyone is game for. (Pun intended)</p><p></p><p>Then the passionate people start listing of the things they <em>really</em> want. Anchovies! Must have anchovies! And what they don't want. Anchovies! It sure as heck better <em>not</em> have anchovies!</p><p></p><p>You can either put together a pizza where everyone who came is satisfied enough with a fourth of the pizza to eat it, or you can put together a pizza that some people will love, and that others won't eat. Remember--even with the "compromise" pizza, some people will <em>love</em> their part of the pizza! Heck, most of the gang won't care much one way or another anyway.</p><p></p><p>D&D is a pizza, and we all want in on it. They are trying to make the pizza to accommodate "D&D fans," not just a small subset of D&D fans.</p><p></p><p>And while I wouldn't have made every decision the same, they are, in my opinion, doing it more or less right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6258016, member: 6677017"] Better pizza analogy: You and a group of friends have decided to go out to pizza at a place that only serves pizza. Some are just along for the ride, others are real pizza connoissers, others are just really opinionated. Due to the special deal you plan to take advantage of (part of the reason you went), you can only order one pizza. You're told that you can put a few ingredients on just half (or if absolutely necessary, just a fourth). The first thing you do is decide if everyone can agree on stuff. Everyone likes cheese? Fred who is lactose intolerant knew were getting pizza and just stayed home to play FATE...I mean to eat something else. So you determine the ingredients everyone is game for. (Pun intended) Then the passionate people start listing of the things they [I]really[/I] want. Anchovies! Must have anchovies! And what they don't want. Anchovies! It sure as heck better [I]not[/I] have anchovies! You can either put together a pizza where everyone who came is satisfied enough with a fourth of the pizza to eat it, or you can put together a pizza that some people will love, and that others won't eat. Remember--even with the "compromise" pizza, some people will [I]love[/I] their part of the pizza! Heck, most of the gang won't care much one way or another anyway. D&D is a pizza, and we all want in on it. They are trying to make the pizza to accommodate "D&D fans," not just a small subset of D&D fans. And while I wouldn't have made every decision the same, they are, in my opinion, doing it more or less right. [/QUOTE]
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