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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8052268" data-attributes="member: 7023840">But what are those discussions? With whom?One thing I find fascinating is the degree to which people believe that their experiences are more universal than are warranted; it's not you (or me), this is a general cognitive bias.Very few people stop to think, &quot;Wait, perhaps my views are skewed? Perhaps my experience cannot be generalized to everyone? Maybe, even when I seek out information, that information is necessarily going to reflect something other than the unvarnished truth, simply because of the nature of sources I select?&quot;Too abstract? Well, whenever there are statistics released on anything related to D&amp;D from large sample sizes, there are a large contingent of people here who will reflexively disagree with those statistics because that's not how they play. &quot;No one I know would ever play a champion!&quot; &quot;Everyone I know loves more feats!&quot; &quot;I can't go 5 feet without seeing a druid!&quot; And so on.Information people like gets assimilated, that which they don't like is discarded; man, I wish there was a term for that. Anyway, I do not doubt what you are saying. Just like you, I can say that no one uses minis, because all of my campaigns, and the people I know, use ToTM....and yet, I am reasonably certain that someone out there is buying minis. Because I am familiar with the old saying, &quot;Minis, like cocaine, are god's way of telling you that you have too much money.&quot;TLDR; D&amp;D is nearly 50 years old. 5e has players from 3rd grade through the nursing home, and everything in between. Do not be surprised if everyone is not playing it the same way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8052268, member: 7023840"] But what are those discussions? With whom? One thing I find fascinating is the degree to which people believe that their experiences are more universal than are warranted; it's not you (or me), this is a general cognitive bias. Very few people stop to think, "Wait, perhaps my views are skewed? Perhaps my experience cannot be generalized to everyone? Maybe, even when I seek out information, that information is necessarily going to reflect something other than the unvarnished truth, simply because of the nature of sources I select?" Too abstract? Well, whenever there are statistics released on anything related to D&D from large sample sizes, there are a large contingent of people here who will reflexively disagree with those statistics because that's not how they play. "No one [I]I know [/I]would ever play a champion!" "Everyone [I]I know [/I]loves more feats!" "I can't go 5 feet without seeing a druid!" And so on. Information people like gets assimilated, that which they don't like is discarded; man, I wish there was a term for that. Anyway, I do not doubt what you are saying. Just like you, I can say that [I]no one uses minis[/I], because all of my campaigns, and the people I know, use ToTM. ...and yet, I am reasonably certain that someone out there is buying minis. Because I am familiar with the old saying, "Minis, like cocaine, are god's way of telling you that you have too much money." TLDR; D&D is nearly 50 years old. 5e has players from 3rd grade through the nursing home, and everything in between. Do not be surprised if everyone is not playing it the same way. [/QUOTE]

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