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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 2385576" data-attributes="member: 23094">On the other hand, what I see are two of the biggest names in gaming making an comment based on some observed phenomena (whether or not you agree with the rigor of their data collection methodology*), and those people who are the supporters of "smaller games" - the underdogs, if you will - are just aching to be insulted so that they can point to the big guys and say, with injured nerd-pride, "We're better than them; see?"* - To put it succinctly, "Ryan Dancey's results are not typical of my experience with rules lighter systems, and therefore I don't trust any conclusions based on his data" is a valid criticism of his comments."Ryan Dancey's a putz!" is not valid.In this thread, I see a whole crapload of the latter, and not very much of the former.</blockquote>