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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4788512" data-attributes="member: 9053">I think this is a great thread. I changed my posting habits a couple years ago based on a baseball message board I also posted to. Sports boards are like one big edition war thread, but have the added benefit of having lots of numbers and statistics to argue along with the opinions.So a couple years ago my team had this fantastic season, but throughout the whole time there were fans of our rivals who'd stop by and talk about how we were going to lose and that there was no way things were going to stay that good. What I noticed that summer was that despite all that criticism (that eventually ended up being right...my team was in first place for 80% of the season and then didn't make the playoffs... D'oh!) I had this great year of enjoying baseball. I went to several games with my dad, started dating this great girl who also loved baseball, and got to a couple games with friends from college who I hadn't seen in a long time. It ultimately didn't matter what the team did, what mattered was that I had this fantastic summer.I approach posting on gaming message boards in a similar manner now: does it really matter whether someone loves or hates 4E? No, what matters is that we're gaming and having a good time in our community. I mostly read threads about how to improve my gaming now, and only get pulled into arguments against my better nature (which still happens sometimes, I'll admit).Debate is good and useful, but in my opinion it stops being worth spending time when the question changes from &quot;how should this work/be made better?&quot; to &quot;is game X even worth my time?&quot; I think we all know what we like enough to make the latter decision.Anyway, good thread...those are my rambling thoughts.--Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 4788512, member: 9053"] I think this is a great thread. I changed my posting habits a couple years ago based on a baseball message board I also posted to. Sports boards are like one big edition war thread, but have the added benefit of having lots of numbers and statistics to argue along with the opinions. So a couple years ago my team had this fantastic season, but throughout the whole time there were fans of our rivals who'd stop by and talk about how we were going to lose and that there was no way things were going to stay that good. What I noticed that summer was that despite all that criticism (that eventually ended up being right...my team was in first place for 80% of the season and then didn't make the playoffs... D'oh!) I had this great year of enjoying baseball. I went to several games with my dad, started dating this great girl who also loved baseball, and got to a couple games with friends from college who I hadn't seen in a long time. It ultimately didn't matter what the team did, what mattered was that I had this fantastic summer. I approach posting on gaming message boards in a similar manner now: does it really matter whether someone loves or hates 4E? No, what matters is that we're gaming and having a good time in our community. I mostly read threads about how to improve my gaming now, and only get pulled into arguments against my better nature (which still happens sometimes, I'll admit). Debate is good and useful, but in my opinion it stops being worth spending time when the question changes from "how should this work/be made better?" to "is game X even worth my time?" I think we all know what we like enough to make the latter decision. Anyway, good thread...those are my rambling thoughts. --Steve [/QUOTE]

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