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<blockquote data-quote="Zak S" data-source="post: 7668482" data-attributes="member: 90370"><p>There's an important thing stopping me:</p><p></p><p>I do not ever want someone to think something that isn't true <strong>just</strong> because of something I said or wrote.</p><p></p><p>If I go "I am not sure about this but here's my prediction..." and someone takes my word as gospel and I'm wrong , that's their fault. I gave them every opportunity not to. I said I wasn't sure, which means even what I know doesn't guarantee it.</p><p></p><p>If I go "Ok, I consulted on 5e and much of what I know is NDA'ed and talk to lots of people who play D&D all the time I tell you what, this is what's gonna happen..." and someone believes me and I'm wrong, then it's partially my own fault for pretending I knew something I was only guessing about, despite having spent time with the problem.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people forget that while you and I and all the commenters may be jaded RPGers who take all pronouncements with a grain of salt, a lot of people who are new to the hobby (or the internet discussion of it) may simply believe what they read, especially if it is presented as fact or as seemingly informed by information they don't have access to.</p><p></p><p>Every time someone says something that isn't true, it not only adds to the possibility of someone making a mistake about that thing, it adds to the general noise factor--the degree of presumed salt you have to take when talking to people.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, there should be zero noise. You want to know what Caves of the Pig Minotaur is like, you come, you ask questions, you get 100% true answers and clear explanations of personal experience with the thing in question with total context and you waste no time because you can trust everything you hear.</p><p></p><p>And then--wonderfully--you can get off the internet and go do something else.</p><p></p><p>Every time there's something that isn't quite right, you're making people more skeptical and slowing own that process, introducing sludge into the system.</p><p></p><p>So I appreciate people who say only things that they can take to the bank and report guesses as guesses and only facts as certainties.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zak S, post: 7668482, member: 90370"] There's an important thing stopping me: I do not ever want someone to think something that isn't true [B]just[/B] because of something I said or wrote. If I go "I am not sure about this but here's my prediction..." and someone takes my word as gospel and I'm wrong , that's their fault. I gave them every opportunity not to. I said I wasn't sure, which means even what I know doesn't guarantee it. If I go "Ok, I consulted on 5e and much of what I know is NDA'ed and talk to lots of people who play D&D all the time I tell you what, this is what's gonna happen..." and someone believes me and I'm wrong, then it's partially my own fault for pretending I knew something I was only guessing about, despite having spent time with the problem. A lot of people forget that while you and I and all the commenters may be jaded RPGers who take all pronouncements with a grain of salt, a lot of people who are new to the hobby (or the internet discussion of it) may simply believe what they read, especially if it is presented as fact or as seemingly informed by information they don't have access to. Every time someone says something that isn't true, it not only adds to the possibility of someone making a mistake about that thing, it adds to the general noise factor--the degree of presumed salt you have to take when talking to people. Ideally, there should be zero noise. You want to know what Caves of the Pig Minotaur is like, you come, you ask questions, you get 100% true answers and clear explanations of personal experience with the thing in question with total context and you waste no time because you can trust everything you hear. And then--wonderfully--you can get off the internet and go do something else. Every time there's something that isn't quite right, you're making people more skeptical and slowing own that process, introducing sludge into the system. So I appreciate people who say only things that they can take to the bank and report guesses as guesses and only facts as certainties. [/QUOTE]
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