MERGED - "About Edition Wars" threads x9

[gamerprinter]

And THIS is the thread you choose to bring that banner to? Whatever floats you boat, man.

I'm sure you'll be making the rounds to the threads that have actually become edition war threads to plead this case as well, right?

As to the original question, should I consider you a "Yes" or a "No" vote? I'm not really clear where you stand on that. Guess I should have done a poll...

To me its exactly like talking Religion or Politics - people are 'religious' about their preferred edition, and any discussion about it is 'political'.

Although I haven't reviewed the FAQ lately, I am sure there is a "DON'T TALK ABOUT RELIGION OR POLITICS" in the rules here. Discussion of the EW is breaking that rule, IMO.

The problem is that most people that discuss EW, are unreasonable people, or they become unreasonable due to the subject matter. No thread about let's be reasonable is going to work with unreasonable people, so having this discussion brings nothing forward - fixes nothing.

What it does do is keep the EW subject at the top of the forums.

And, yeah, sorry to place this on your EW thread, but I had to pick one, I didn't want to have to post this on all five EW threads - but my feelings on this apply to all of them. And the five new ones that will show up by tomorrow.

Its just exasperating that both EW, and discussion about EW just won't go away. I come to EnWorld to discuss gaming, not editions, but I can't seem to get away from it... meh.

GP

PS: Sorry, I didn't see a poll on this thread - I hadn't realized a 'vote' was involved. Yeah, then put me into a vote where edition is not allowed in the General Forum.

PPS: How about creating an Edition War Forum, and anyone who post's there is automatically put on everyone's ignore list - that's sounds just unreasonable enough to work!

 

[nedjer]

The Swiss have us at an advantage. They get pure Grade A chocolate; while the rest of us survive on additive-stuffed vegefat chocolate bars. This is probably why they don't mind wearing shiny granny pants; who would when they go home to this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mfnXSX3qu4&feature=related"]YouTube - Nigella Lawson...Chocolate Mousse...[/ame]

 

[Aberzanzorax]

A meta-meta-edition war thread about the meta edition war threads

Because it had to be done.



Please discuss meta threads here.

Please do NOT discuss meta-meta threads. You will need to make your own thread about that.



You may, of course, discuss meta-meta-meta threads as this is a theoretical understanding akin to the meaning of life, or what's inside a black hole.


(In fact, I think that these may in fact be the cause of black holes as well as the antithesis of the meaning of life.)



Two great mysteries solved, but no edition war resolution here.


Sorry.


(Edit: Oops. In before the lock.)

 

[jonesy]

I think this belongs in the meta-meta forum.

What's a meta-meta-edition war anyway? A fight over which RPG's get to have edition wars and which don't? Well, I say D&D doesn't get to have edition wars anymore. It's been meta-naughty.

 

[Diamond Cross]

This thread needs more Manilow:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKsVhyiISY8]YouTube - Copacabana - Barry Manilow[/ame]

 

[El Mahdi]

Then where do the Mega threads go?

 

[Deset Gled]

What?

 

[jonesy]

Then where do the Mega threads go?

Wherever they want to, as long as they stay out of Giga thread territories.


Now everybody sit back and relax:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2MDzgEC_E]YouTube - luther - Jaguar XJ220 (Main theme remix)[/ame]

 

[lutecius]

Being right is serious business. Being right is all. A person is nothing if they are not right. Being right means one is a god among men and all must bow down to the person being right.

Ad nauseum.

And NO! We can't get along! Because being right is serious business!

Bow down to the authority!

Ad nauseum. Ad nauseum. AD NAUSEUM!

yeah, but you're WRONG.

it's ad nauseam (feminine, first declension)

now bow down.

 

[Smoss]

Personally I'd love to see the general forum get more general. If I want to discuss 2.5 / pathfinder / any flaws I find therein - I can find that forum. Same with 4e.

Not that I would, I moved on from 3.5e to my own system and am not a big fan of 4e (I still play with friends once in a while for time to hang with friends and they like it, but...)

But being able to find general topics would be nice. Not getting buried by edition specific threads (Or war threads - but those are editiony by their evil, evil nature).

Also - Warrers should be drawn and quartered. That sounds like a good old fashioned fantasy based method of "learning"...
Smoss