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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8938002" data-attributes="member: 7026617">I don't know what to say here, Campbell.&nbsp; I think my history has shown I consider things like Story Now and related elements perfectly valid play style elements that seem to have virtues that I can understand the attraction to, and that I'm actually on-board using in certain selective ways in some contexts.&nbsp; I've spent the majority of my time in past threads fighting back in negative claims about such play-style elements and attempts to gatekeep them out of discussion, even though they're things that are not my own preference because I think they've contributed to the hobby in many ways.What I have an issue with is that it sometimes seems people who enjoy such elements fundamentally have trouble believing that the people who find them off-putting or simply counter-productive can't come by that view honestly, because some of those people are determined to misrepresent them or badmouth them.&nbsp; That's why things like &quot;There's no difference in the fiction,&quot; bothers me; it comes across an attempt to erode any legitimacy to an objection at all, therefor putting people who find it not to their taste generically in position of being irrational or disingenuous.&nbsp; I don't think that's necessary just to respond to people who are aggressively hostile to your style in a way that splashes on everyone who just doesn't find it to their taste, even if some of their reasons are similar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8938002, member: 7026617"] I don't know what to say here, Campbell. I think my history has shown I consider things like Story Now and related elements perfectly valid play style elements that seem to have virtues that I can understand the attraction to, and that I'm actually on-board using in certain selective ways in some contexts. I've spent the majority of my time in past threads fighting back in negative claims about such play-style elements and attempts to gatekeep them out of discussion, even though they're things that are not my own preference because I think they've contributed to the hobby in many ways. What I have an issue with is that it sometimes seems people who enjoy such elements fundamentally have trouble believing that the people who find them off-putting or simply counter-productive can't come by that view honestly, because some of those people are determined to misrepresent them or badmouth them. That's why things like "There's no difference in the fiction," bothers me; it comes across an attempt to erode any legitimacy to an objection at all, therefor putting people who find it not to their taste generically in position of being irrational or disingenuous. I don't think that's necessary just to respond to people who are aggressively hostile to your style in a way that splashes on everyone who just doesn't find it to their taste, even if some of their reasons are similar. [/QUOTE]

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