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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 8933582" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Who said that?&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; One should judge positions on their merits - not on the amount of direct exposure the writer has to what he is writing about.What you seem to be attempting is to assert that we should only listen to established authorities on a topic and everyone else should just shut up - I fundamentally disagree there.Interesting how that works - I generally don’t go out of my way to talk about such games. I never go to A Gurps or Apocalypse World discussion for example.But what happens here is different. A discussion is started about RPG theory in general, eventually some examples from non-D&amp;D games are provided.&nbsp; Am I supposed to be shut off from the whole RPG theory discussion because someone cited a game I’m not very familiar with?&nbsp; Should I just shut up and listen?&nbsp; If so that screams gate keeping to me.&nbsp; It’s became - cite X game example and expect others to leave the discussion - especially those most likely to disagree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 8933582, member: 6795602"] Who said that? Really? One should judge positions on their merits - not on the amount of direct exposure the writer has to what he is writing about. What you seem to be attempting is to assert that we should only listen to established authorities on a topic and everyone else should just shut up - I fundamentally disagree there. Interesting how that works - I generally don’t go out of my way to talk about such games. I never go to A Gurps or Apocalypse World discussion for example. But what happens here is different. A discussion is started about RPG theory in general, eventually some examples from non-D&D games are provided. Am I supposed to be shut off from the whole RPG theory discussion because someone cited a game I’m not very familiar with? Should I just shut up and listen? If so that screams gate keeping to me. It’s became - cite X game example and expect others to leave the discussion - especially those most likely to disagree. [/QUOTE]

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