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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5210448" data-attributes="member: 32740">Look a little closer at where the "flamewar" is taking place.  If it's in a folder labled "4E" then there's every reason that discussing 3E or 1E is going to net you nothing but burning hatred, and vice versa, and for good reason. AL and NL did not manifest as different leagues because one was deemed to be inherently superior to the other, but it is almost inherent to the idea of creation of a new edition that the previous/existing edition is INFERIOR - that it can be and IS improved by the newer version.  Of course it ISN'T inherently true as the preferences people have for a given edition ARE predominantly, inherently subjective.  Besides which RPG designs are orders of magnitude more complex than sports.  Even relatively mild changes can reframe the argument from the difference between AL and NL to the idea that baseball is superior to basketball. What IS true is that the discussion of the differences between editions do not have to be looked at in the most contentious possible light - even when somebody involved attempts to do so.  THAT is a matter of maturity of participants.  Like it or not, RPGs are dominated by young males, and participants do SKEW towards both higher intelligence and social immaturity regardless of actual age group.  That said, I'd be willing to go along with the claim that while there is occasional need to stomp down on edition flamewars the REACTION to the possibility is becoming as bad as a flamewar in and of itself. The twofold solution: Grow up and GET OFF IT.</blockquote>

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