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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 9619257" data-attributes="member: 4871">Sure. Mike could’ve had a lovely discussion about it here, or on Dragonsfoot, or maybe in an interview where he could have possibly explained at length what his thoughts were in a conversational way.But Twitter and Bluesky exist, and they do carry with them distinct audiences, and I expect anyone participating in those places to know that. Frankly, Mike words invited the larger cultural conflict because he started talking about “safe” games, which he threw into quotes and then claims not to know what that meant. Well, heck, Mike, if you don’t know what that means - why are you talking about it unless it’s to create your own definition, which in the very next sentence he connects to participation trophies. The rest of his posts weren’t exactly clarifying either. They seemed very much like a rant. Well, then, what is he ranting about if not some sort of culture war? And again, why post it on Twitter but not Bluesky where he has 2500 followers? Is his message not worth posting there? Why not? (Forgive these somewhat rhetorical questions.)Seriously, if you tire of the cultural war, you really should be at least a bit upset at Mearls because by even cursory reading, it’s difficult to say he isn’t jumping into the culture war with both feet! Again, does he do it knowingly? Or is he simply ignorant of the connotations of what he says? Neither one’s a good look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 9619257, member: 4871"] Sure. Mike could’ve had a lovely discussion about it here, or on Dragonsfoot, or maybe in an interview where he could have possibly explained at length what his thoughts were in a conversational way. But Twitter and Bluesky exist, and they do carry with them distinct audiences, and I expect anyone participating in those places to know that. Frankly, Mike words invited the larger cultural conflict because he started talking about “safe” games, which he threw into quotes and then claims not to know what that meant. Well, heck, Mike, if you don’t know what that means - why are you talking about it unless it’s to create your own definition, which in the very next sentence he connects to participation trophies. The rest of his posts weren’t exactly clarifying either. They seemed very much like a rant. Well, then, what is he ranting about if not some sort of culture war? And again, why post it on Twitter but not Bluesky where he has 2500 followers? Is his message not worth posting there? Why not? (Forgive these somewhat rhetorical questions.) Seriously, if you tire of the cultural war, you really should be at least a bit upset at Mearls because by even cursory reading, it’s difficult to say he isn’t jumping into the culture war with both feet! Again, does he do it knowingly? Or is he simply ignorant of the connotations of what he says? Neither one’s a good look. [/QUOTE]

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