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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2719679" data-attributes="member: 141">Paladin and/or Alignment threads are often very volatile.&nbsp; The current one is unusually long lasting, though it started to smoulder a few times.&nbsp; I think it is because it involves discussions of right and wrong, discussions which easily veer into real world politics and/or religion.Any rules question that doesn't find a satisfactory answer in the first 20 posts or so often either starts going in circles or going off on a tangent.&nbsp; The circle can easily become a death spiral, usually at about the time when one side gets frustrated and accuses the other side of introducing house rules instead of following the RAW.&nbsp; A long rules thread with a small number of posters and a small number of views (less than 10 per post) warrants very careful watching.&nbsp; Edition war threads are also flammable, but I haven't seen much of that lately.One thread topic that seems almost guaranteed to get closed is when a WotC official speaks.&nbsp; That really brings out people's distrust of authority, and accusations of bias and decit are soon flying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 2719679, member: 141"] Paladin and/or Alignment threads are often very volatile. The current one is unusually long lasting, though it started to smoulder a few times. I think it is because it involves discussions of right and wrong, discussions which easily veer into real world politics and/or religion. Any rules question that doesn't find a satisfactory answer in the first 20 posts or so often either starts going in circles or going off on a tangent. The circle can easily become a death spiral, usually at about the time when one side gets frustrated and accuses the other side of introducing house rules instead of following the RAW. A long rules thread with a small number of posters and a small number of views (less than 10 per post) warrants very careful watching. Edition war threads are also flammable, but I haven't seen much of that lately. One thread topic that seems almost guaranteed to get closed is when a WotC official speaks. That really brings out people's distrust of authority, and accusations of bias and decit are soon flying. [/QUOTE]

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