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<blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 7938147" data-attributes="member: 6693711">It's been said so many times but I suppose it could be said again...But just because a game made a decision that you, personally, don't like, it does not mean that the game designers were trying to spite you or tell you that your preference is badwrongfun. Creating a set of rules involves decisions. Inevitably, the decisions you make will please some people and annoy others. It involves giving up on some possibilities and advantages in order to preference what makes this game unique. No game can be all things to all people.&nbsp;Just because I like to play basketball does not mean I think soccer players are insulting me because they dribble with their feet instead of their hands.You can argue whether a particular decision was GOOD, or WORTH IT, or BETTER or WORSE than the alternatives. You can argue the merits of alternative ways of doing things. But crying that you are being persecuted for supposed badwrongfun every time you find a rule in D&amp;D that you don't like isn't constructive. It needlessly presumes malice where none was intended, and makes it hard to talk about the actual merit of particular rules or alternatives because you are centering your complaint on personal victimhood rather than the actual merits of the rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slobster, post: 7938147, member: 6693711"] It's been said so many times but I suppose it could be said again... But just because a game made a decision that you, personally, don't like, it does not mean that the game designers were trying to spite you or tell you that your preference is badwrongfun. Creating a set of rules involves decisions. Inevitably, the decisions you make will please some people and annoy others. It involves giving up on some possibilities and advantages in order to preference what makes this game unique. No game can be all things to all people. Just because I like to play basketball does not mean I think soccer players are insulting me because they dribble with their feet instead of their hands. You can argue whether a particular decision was GOOD, or WORTH IT, or BETTER or WORSE than the alternatives. You can argue the merits of alternative ways of doing things. But crying that you are being persecuted for supposed badwrongfun every time you find a rule in D&D that you don't like isn't constructive. It needlessly presumes malice where none was intended, and makes it hard to talk about the actual merit of particular rules or alternatives because you are centering your complaint on personal victimhood rather than the actual merits of the rule. [/QUOTE]

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