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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7902919" data-attributes="member: 177">For the car analogy to work, learning a new system is not like driving a car.&nbsp; It is like learning to drive a car.&nbsp; I don't know about Britain, but over here, you need to take a class just to get a permit, and you take a whole lot of practice before you just jump on the highway. So, you are comparing, say, driving a car (playing a game you know) to, say, learning how to ride a motorcycle.&nbsp; Not the same effort there.&nbsp; Folks, don't just pick up new skillsets in an afternoon just because.&nbsp; If I want to go to the grocery, I hop in my car.&nbsp; I don't hop on my wife's motorcycle and just learn to ride as I go.&nbsp; Folks make an active choice to take on a new thing, and have to work at it - and the experience while learning is no the same as the experience once they have learned.Note:&nbsp; I am not against learning new systems.&nbsp; I am for it!&nbsp; Every time I start a new campaign, I'm picking up a new system, and teaching my group!&nbsp; But, I am also for recognizing the extra effort involved, rather than dismissing or minimizing it, and taking due consideration to making that effort pay off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7902919, member: 177"] For the car analogy to work, learning a new system is not like [I]driving[/I] a car. It is like [I]learning to drive[/I] a car. I don't know about Britain, but over here, you need to take a class just to get a permit, and you take a whole lot of practice before you just jump on the highway. So, you are comparing, say, driving a car (playing a game you know) to, say, learning how to ride a motorcycle. Not the same effort there. Folks, don't just pick up new skillsets in an afternoon just because. If I want to go to the grocery, I hop in my car. I don't hop on my wife's motorcycle and just learn to ride as I go. Folks make an active choice to take on a new thing, and have to work at it - and the experience while learning is no the same as the experience once they have learned. Note: I am not against learning new systems. I am for it! Every time I start a new campaign, I'm picking up a new system, and teaching my group! But, I am also for recognizing the extra effort involved, rather than dismissing or minimizing it, and taking due consideration to making that effort pay off. [/QUOTE]

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