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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weem" data-source="post: 5032783" data-attributes="member: 9470">Like many others, I have played every edition of D&D.In all of those editions, I DM'd at least a few games (one-offs etc) and at least 2 full campaigns and played in many more with many DM's.For any given edition, each game I played in with a different DM was vastly different from another for many reasons. Each DM has his/her own style, but also the makeup of players plays (imo) a big role in the feel of the game... the environment, the speed, the places at which things will hang up or run smoothly.The way I see it, there are simply too many variables to compare one game to another in the same edition, so you can't accurately (imo) compare experiences between different editions.If I had the most fun during 3e and considered it my favorite edition, but found that my experiences with 4e were terrible, it would be easy for me to say that 4e sucked - it would seem to make sense......But if the 4e system were to have come out first, and the 3e system were to be the new kid on the block right now, I would have no way of telling you with any certainty which would be my favorite. After all, the players for each system will have been different. The time in my life I was playing would be different, and things going on in my life can effect my enjoyment of just about anything, including a game. There are simply too many variables.That's why I have never (until now) commented on anything relating to edition wars (that's the first time I have said that term in fact).It's also one of the things that I really don't understand about the conflict. EN World is an awesome community made up of very very intelligent people - much more intelligent than I am. But there is still this argument between two things that can not be experienced in the exact same way by any two groups of people - and I don't get it.Even the most broken system can be enjoyed by people - and whether they say "yea it's broken, but we enjoy it" or "no it's not broken" the fact remains that they enjoy it, and you don't - the reasons don't really mean anything at that point. Discussion of them is awesome, but fighting over it is a waste of time.But this simply reflects my experiences. I'm a simple guy, and I do not claim to be half as smart as anyone here - I know better. All I care about is playing the game and having fun.Perhaps I have not applied a critical enough eye over the years, and I'm sure I will have missed any number of points and will have them illustrated to me - but I know I am having a blast playing D&D, and the rest doesn't really matter.</blockquote>

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