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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8936570" data-attributes="member: 16586">I agree. No one should expect special deference. I don't really care whatever framing anyone wants to use. If I disagree with the content of what is said I will say why. I do not care to control the language is used because when people use language Schrodinger's X or Bespoke Game the issue isn't the language that is being used. It's the implications of that language. It belies either a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of what play really looks like and I can engage it on that level. I am willing to have those hard conversations.Despite what some people here might think I do not consider myself an advocate for any given way to play. I want people to play the games that suit them the best - to seek their personal bliss. I also want people to not feel ashamed of their preferences, to not let others bully them as I was bullied and shamed into believing what I wanted out of play was impossible, selfish even. That I did not deserve to have the game experience I wanted to have. Of course all of that was BS.I don't care what games or methods of play anyone prefers. What I want, what I have always wanted was clarity and accuracy of play process. My personal motivation for posting on these boards is to instill a climate of respect for things we do not personally desire. No matter your preference you should be able to look at a well designed game that gives people an experience they cannot find elsewhere and respect it. You should be able to respect the skill and creativity of anyone who dedicates years to become excellent at running a given type of game. We should be able to talk about these things from the basis that any given game provides unique value and that no set of preferences are wrong or threatening. Will things get touchy sometimes? Sure. We're going to see things differently. That's life. But we should at least be able to respect each other.</blockquote>

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