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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5345396" data-attributes="member: 7006">But you can also look at it this way... the people who have been here the longest have the same small pool of ideas because they've already had the same exact argument about the rules several months/years ago... and have already determined what is technically the correct answer.  So there's no need for a larger pool of ideas, because the answer's already been determined.Most rules have one set RAW answer once the logic of the writing has been parsed.  There is no need for "fresh ideas" per se.  2+2=4.  And if you post that 2+2=5 and a half-dozen people come back and say "actually, it's 4, here's the math to prove it"... is it outrageous to think that perhaps you might have been mistaken?  I do not personally think so.But as we all know... this is NOT an absolute, because we find rare corner cases all the time where the logic of RAW can't be fully parsed because of vague wording.  THIS is when those other fresh ideas you mention might come into play... and why I specifically said probably and not ALWAYS.  Because sometimes those minority opinions or opinions from newer 4E players might actually be correct.But I would certainly not believe they are as likely if not more likely to be right over those who have parsed the rules longer or in greater numbers.  Call it "elitist thinking" all you want... I call it "LOGICAL".</blockquote>