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<blockquote data-quote="Ibrandul" data-source="post: 8445337" data-attributes="member: 6871736">I don't understand this objection. I very frequently see and hear people voicing the opinion that the main reason so many players prefer the FR setting is because it was the setting they first played in, or the only setting they've played in. Almost every time the relatively popularity of FR gets brought up on any forum I've seen (other than forums entirely devoted to FR), someone (usually several someones) chimes in to express this opinion. That and kitchen sink-ness are by far the two most common reasons I see floated for FR's popularity, and yes, the (often explicitly stated) follow-up is usually that people just don't know any better.But if you're designing a corporate opinion poll question designed to figure out what the setting's fans like about the setting, you'd be a fool not to include that as an option.And from the survey-taker's perspective, if that opinion infuriates you, presumably because you firmly believe it is not actually as prevalent a motive for liking FR as forum thread after forum thread would imply, then I would think you would be happy the option is there, precisely because it wouldn't be chosen all that much, since only people who say they actually like FR best will even get to answer that question, and then WotC will know that this is not actually a major reason people like FR—only a major reason why people who don't like FR think that other people shouldn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ibrandul, post: 8445337, member: 6871736"] I don't understand this objection. I [I]very[/I] frequently see and hear people voicing the opinion that the main reason so many players prefer the FR setting is because it was the setting they first played in, or the only setting they've played in. Almost every time the relatively popularity of FR gets brought up on any forum I've seen (other than forums entirely devoted to FR), someone (usually several someones) chimes in to express this opinion. That and kitchen sink-ness are by far the two most common reasons I see floated for FR's popularity, and yes, the (often explicitly stated) follow-up is usually that people just don't know any better. But if you're designing a corporate opinion poll question designed to figure out what the setting's fans like about the setting, you'd be a fool not to include that as an option. And from the survey-taker's perspective, if that opinion infuriates you, presumably because you firmly believe it is [I]not[/I] actually as prevalent a motive for liking FR as forum thread after forum thread would imply, then I would think you would be happy the option is there, precisely because it wouldn't be chosen all that much, since only people who say they actually like FR best will even get to answer that question, and then WotC will know that this is not actually a major reason people [I]like[/I] FR—only a major reason why people who [I]don't [/I]like FR think that other people [I]shouldn't[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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