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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8246505" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>I will admit my first reaction to this post wasn't all that...constructive. Sadly I had a good idea that a thread like this would inevitably result in someone making a post similar to this one. But after giving it a few minutes, I'm actually not defensive or angry, but sad that you feel this way. That you have a need to insult others, make up things that aren't true about them, and make poor assumptions about the design team all because they have a different idea of what makes a fun game than you do. I am legitimately sad that a person has this much bitterness over a <em>game</em>. </p><p></p><p>When WoTC took over and 3e came out, I was not all that happy with it. When 4e came out I admit I had similar feelings at the time (except I just stopped posting on D&D forums altogether--look at my join date, then look at my post frequency, you'll see a huge gap in posts from 2008 to 2012 because I didn't believe in hanging out in forums talking about a game I didn't like*). So I get it when people aren't happy with 5e. But trust me here, don't let that negativity soak into you to the point where you're bitter, angry, and hostile towards other gamers for liking something different than you. If you find yourself making up assumptions, accusations, and pejoratives about another group of gamers, then it's a pretty clear sign you've gone too far. Everyone should be happy and enjoy themselves when playing a game, and if you're angry every time you talk about it, well, that's probably not a great position to be in. Speaking from my own experiences. </p><p></p><p>*for three reasons. 1. No one else wanted to listen to me complain over and over about a game I didn't like, 2. Why would I subject myself to that negativity over and over? Do you keep watching a movie you don't like over and over? And 3. If a bunch of people are enjoying a game, why would I insist on coming in and threadcap over and over about how much I don't like it? Life's too short.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8246505, member: 15700"] I will admit my first reaction to this post wasn't all that...constructive. Sadly I had a good idea that a thread like this would inevitably result in someone making a post similar to this one. But after giving it a few minutes, I'm actually not defensive or angry, but sad that you feel this way. That you have a need to insult others, make up things that aren't true about them, and make poor assumptions about the design team all because they have a different idea of what makes a fun game than you do. I am legitimately sad that a person has this much bitterness over a [I]game[/I]. When WoTC took over and 3e came out, I was not all that happy with it. When 4e came out I admit I had similar feelings at the time (except I just stopped posting on D&D forums altogether--look at my join date, then look at my post frequency, you'll see a huge gap in posts from 2008 to 2012 because I didn't believe in hanging out in forums talking about a game I didn't like*). So I get it when people aren't happy with 5e. But trust me here, don't let that negativity soak into you to the point where you're bitter, angry, and hostile towards other gamers for liking something different than you. If you find yourself making up assumptions, accusations, and pejoratives about another group of gamers, then it's a pretty clear sign you've gone too far. Everyone should be happy and enjoy themselves when playing a game, and if you're angry every time you talk about it, well, that's probably not a great position to be in. Speaking from my own experiences. *for three reasons. 1. No one else wanted to listen to me complain over and over about a game I didn't like, 2. Why would I subject myself to that negativity over and over? Do you keep watching a movie you don't like over and over? And 3. If a bunch of people are enjoying a game, why would I insist on coming in and threadcap over and over about how much I don't like it? Life's too short. [/QUOTE]
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