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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4044239" data-attributes="member: 177">In the genre-TV world, there's a phenomenon that has been given a name: "browncoating".  It is what happens when fans of a show get so insistent and rabid and hammer on a topic so much that the victim starts associating the show with the annoyance he feels around said fans, before ever seeing the show.  The term was coined in reference to Firefly and Serenity, but it applies well to anything that fans get rabid about.It is the phenomenon of someone feeling like he's being forced into something by peer pressure, so that they dig their heels in.  Combined with some rational misgivings based upon what they've heard, and any other negative connotations they have, it can be quite a powerful effect.  I don't know that this is what's up with your friend, but it is consistent with the little information we have.  People should be given a choice, and allowed to base that choice upon real information and experience, so that they feel that decision is an informed one.  That's how folks come to be comfortable.  Right now, I would not be surprised if your friend feels like the decision was made without taking proper interest and care with his concerns about the shift.  Nobody likes to be railroaded.You want to know how to try to get this guy on board?  Back off.  And I don't mean that you will shut up about it for now.  I mean retract the decision.  Right now, you're projecting the idea that you have already decided, and if he doesn't like it, that's his problem. Need I mention that's not normally how friends act?  Instead, if you back off to, saying that you'll keep playing the current edition for now, and experiment with the new edition and look at reviews and such when it comes out, you may get a better response.But you have to be sincere about it.  You have to really intend to try to work with him to deal with his concerns so he can expect to have fun.  And, you may not want to do that.  And that's okay.</blockquote>

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