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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5472298" data-attributes="member: 59082">Danny, when it comes down to it I'm unsure of existence period. But...well, there is what I experience. I am not unsure of the love I have for my daughters and my wife, or the joy I get from roleplaying games or writing or thinking about different theories of human origins. And I am also pretty sure (although not definitely sure) that there is an &quot;elephantness&quot; to D&amp;D, a universal quality that I have shared with most (all?) of the people that I have played with.Is it different than the quality of RPGs? I don't know, but I think so. It is more specific.Does baseball have a unique, universal quality that all fans no matter how different can partake of? I think so. Is it different from other sports? Definitely. We could discuss whether we really need to call it &quot;universal&quot; and I could really go either way. Maybe it is just my experience and your experience, but we're not experiencing the same thing. We could agree that there is a relation but we could also say that we don't need to characterize it with the word &quot;universal.&quot; I'm fine with that. Actually, the definations and specific wordings are less important to me than the phenomena, the experience itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5472298, member: 59082"] Danny, when it comes down to it I'm unsure of [I]existence [/I]period. But...well, there is what I experience. I am not unsure of the love I have for my daughters and my wife, or the joy I get from roleplaying games or writing or thinking about different theories of human origins. And I am also [I]pretty sure [/I](although not [I]definitely [/I]sure) that there is an "elephantness" to D&D, a universal quality that I have shared with most (all?) of the people that I have played with. Is it different than the quality of RPGs? I don't know, but I think so. It is more specific. Does baseball have a unique, universal quality that all fans no matter how different can partake of? I think so. Is it different from other sports? Definitely. We could discuss whether we really need to call it "universal" and I could really go either way. Maybe it is just my experience and your experience, but we're not experiencing the same thing. We could agree that there is a relation but we could also say that we don't need to characterize it with the word "universal." I'm fine with that. Actually, the definations and specific wordings are less important to me than the phenomena, the experience itself. [/QUOTE]

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