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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5468873" data-attributes="member: 18280">We're back to this now, are we?Maybe it wasn't intended to come across that way, but essentially, this is an attempt to get other people to concede that a certain viewpoint is correct.  With a lot of name-calling directed at people who disagree.Paranoid delusions?  Really?I like X.  You like Y.  I like X because it has feel Z, which I always associated with A.  You like Y which has feel B, which you also associated with A, but B was never that important to me, so Y doesn't seem that much like A to me.  When you want to add Y to the definition of A, I am okay that you wish to do so for yourself, but not at all happy that you demand I agree with you.That demand that I agree with you -- either that Y is A, or that Y is not A -- is the source of negativity.  Remove that demand, and there is no reason to be negative, and no one acts like a jerk.Why demand that Y be accepted as A?  Well, apart from obvious cases where one's paycheque is on the line, it comes down to feeling that your preferences are validated.Why demand that Y not be accepted as A?  Well, it comes down to feeling that your preferences are validated.Really look at both sides of the coin, without picking a side, and you will see that both sides look pretty much the same.  Because most of us can validate our own preferences, and do so on a regular basis.  It is just a small minority, really, that demands some form of unity through conformity.I say, enjoy whatever game you like.  Life is too short to play games you don't like.Promote whatever game you like.  That's a good thing; it lets designers know what you are interested in.Discuss whatever game you like.  Do it with an open mind, and you can expand your appreciation of both things you like, and things you do not.Think of your game however you like, and let others do the same.  If life is too short to play games you don't like, that goes doubly for bickering about whether or not someone else is allowed to like or not like them.IMHO.YMMV.RCEDIT:  Another way of saying the same:  As someone who agrees 4e is D&D, but doesn't care for it personally.....What does it matter to me if you don't like 4e or don't consider it D&D?  What does it matter to me if you don't like RCFG or consider it D&D?  What makes those agreements necessary for me to get along with you, or for me to agree that we're all "nerds on a bus"?I am quite happy to say "RPGs" is the bus, or even "nerdom".  I don't require an agreement as to the particulars.But, then, I guess I'm a "big tent" kind of guy.....right?  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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