Gaming Fans Absolutely Blow My Mind - A Rant

[Mallus]

You're like voters for Nixon to internet D&D discussion posters' Pauline Kael, huh?

Heh... exactly.

Come to think of it, Pauline Kael would have been right at home in an internet discussion: she was an entertaining writer, made it a point *not* to think things through before writing whatever the hell crossed her mind, said some wonderfully stupid things, and never backed down, not years later.

(she's my favorite film critic, BTW)

 

[NewJeffCT]

Sometimes I'm left with the feeling my gaming group is made of unicorns. Rare, magical beasts because we've enjoyed several versions of the game. Surely we must not exist, or do so in terribly small numbers, hidden from sight.

Well, when 3e came out back in 2000, my old gaming group had some huge arguments over 3E vs 1e/2e. However, that was almost all from a two new guys that joined the group right before 3e came out. The rest of us (it was a group of the DM and around 10 players, so it was a big group) were either, "we'll play whatever the DM wants to run" or "we'll play whatever version of D&D the DM wants to run"

My current gaming group is a bit different, as we're all older married guys now. When we finished up our 3.5e campaign just about 2 years ago, we played a few sessions of Pathfinder and a few of 4E just to sample both, and most of the guys were of the opinion that they'll play whatever version of D&D I wanted to run... (not because I'm a great DM, but because they're all too lazy to seize the DM reins from me.)

So, I guess my current group is rainbows & unicorns, too.

 

[nedjer]

Compared to many politicians, almost all TTRPG players are trustworthy, open to negotiation and prepared to put a friendship before an edition.

New editions serve the valuable purpose of identifying people who would put an edition before a friendship

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's Nerdgate...

...soon to be followed by Nerdgate: NG1, Nerdgate: Atlanta, and Nerdgate: University.

 

[Rechan]

...soon to be followed by Nerdgate: NG1, Nerdgate: Atlanta, and Nerdgate: University.

I can't give you more xp. Alas.

 

[Aeolius]

Better than nardrage...

brings a whole new meaning to grognard now, doesn't it? (queue George Carlin discussing beer nuts...)

 

[Desdichado]

Heh... exactly.

Come to think of it, Pauline Kael would have been right at home in an internet discussion: she was an entertaining writer, made it a point *not* to think things through before writing whatever the hell crossed her mind, said some wonderfully stupid things, and never backed down, not years later.

(she's my favorite film critic, BTW)

She probably would have, yeah. And ironically, she probably never said what she's most famous for saying, but there you have it. Whoever said the world was fair?

 

[Crazy Jerome]

You can console yourself that at least we are tame compared to sports fans--and often a bit more literate, too.

There are whole swaths of sports sites for sports that I really enjoy, but I can't even stand to read the comments occasionally, much less post there. There is a team-specific sport site that I like quite a bit, moderated, well-managed. They'll ban people for even linking to some of those other sites.

 

[SteveC]

It's times like this when I think to myself "this is why we can't have nice things." I wonder what possesses someone to generate that level of snark.

I had a friend of mine answer that in an interesting way: it's because the things that the hater likes don't have the same prominence. I think it's the RPG equivalent of the hipster movement.

Like it or not, D&D and WotC are roleplaying games as far as the news media is concerned. When the unhappy poster's favorite game comes out with a new edition, will it make national news? Heck, will it make local news in the community where it's parent company is from? Probably not.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Gamers = crabs?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipg4EL_JUyE&feature=youtube_gdata_player]The Boondocks Hateocracy - Crabs - YouTube[/ame]