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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 1972651" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>An observation that I and other British fans have made when discussing ENworld is that it sometimes seems as if Americans may be more keen on getting the precise legal way a rule works sorted out, while amongst those I know in the UK we're more likely to just make our own decision and go with it (we used to notice this in the Dragon too... we wondered why most of the Sage Advice questions got asked in the first place).</p><p></p><p>This almost certainly doesn't reflect the average players in all locations, to a certain extent it is likely to be "new car syndrome" (when you buy a new car it is often surprising how many of that particular model are on the road that you didn't notice before... once "sensitised" to a subject you start to notice it more).</p><p></p><p>Also, online discussion forums are a whole world away from playing the game - naturally rules-type discussions will come up more often. A self certification survey poll might be interesting though - if there were options like "North America and I like to get the rules really right", "North America and I don't mind playing fast and loose with the rules" and the same two for "Outside North America".</p><p></p><p>Interestingly some of the most weird and innovative computer games came from France (Alone in the Dark for one), and it has a rep for producing weird films too. Perhaps France is just a naturally creative place?</p><p></p><p>Interesting discussion, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 1972651, member: 114"] An observation that I and other British fans have made when discussing ENworld is that it sometimes seems as if Americans may be more keen on getting the precise legal way a rule works sorted out, while amongst those I know in the UK we're more likely to just make our own decision and go with it (we used to notice this in the Dragon too... we wondered why most of the Sage Advice questions got asked in the first place). This almost certainly doesn't reflect the average players in all locations, to a certain extent it is likely to be "new car syndrome" (when you buy a new car it is often surprising how many of that particular model are on the road that you didn't notice before... once "sensitised" to a subject you start to notice it more). Also, online discussion forums are a whole world away from playing the game - naturally rules-type discussions will come up more often. A self certification survey poll might be interesting though - if there were options like "North America and I like to get the rules really right", "North America and I don't mind playing fast and loose with the rules" and the same two for "Outside North America". Interestingly some of the most weird and innovative computer games came from France (Alone in the Dark for one), and it has a rep for producing weird films too. Perhaps France is just a naturally creative place? Interesting discussion, anyway. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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