Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Velderan]

I have, but its been a long time. If you are willing to play online you get a group for anything nowadays. The best analogy would be you can phone or online order a pizza from anywhere but you can only go and sit down at two spots. Some folks refuse to eat the pizza at home.

I spent too long keeping up the food analogy while typing my post. lol

But yes... if you don't like playing 5e and want to play something else, you can either keep complaining about 5e on forums which does nothing or you can adjust your expectations for how you find ways to play other games. With VTTs supporting a lot of different games, you (general you) might just have to adjust your willingness to only play in person and learn to use a VTT so you can play games people near you might not be interested in playing. I know my preference is 4 hour sessions and in-person, but my group can't do either with any regular occurrence so we play on a VTT for 2 1/2-3 hours a week which is better than nothing.

 

[overgeeked]

To me the issue seems to be that a lot of people seem to view being able to eat their food how they want as being the only way to have it. If I can't order tacos and sit at a table in your restaurant, then I guess I'll go get pizza and sit at their table while complaining about how terrible pizza is and how I wish there was a good taco place. The whole time I am ignoring the taco truck in the parking lot across the street because there's nowhere to sit there and I would have to take the tacos home to eat them.

Yeah, that’s part of it, too. I’ve beat my head against that wall for the better part of the last decade. Doesn’t matter what I make, how I make it, or how tailored to the person it is. If it’s not pizza it might as well not exist. At best it’s “that was a nice distraction from pizza. When can we get back to pizza? Pizza’s the best. It’s so much better than that cheeseburger. Man, I could go for a pizza even though I just ate. Have I told you how much I like pizza. Hmm. Pizza. Pizza…”

 

[Reynard]

Dear Kickstarter Guy: I backed your thing 8 YEARS AGO because I thought it was a cool project and believed in you. And you delivered. AWESOME. But I was under no obligation to continue to support that product or your other KSers. So, please, refrain from the project update literally blaming your initial backers for your current failures. Thanks.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm not arguing against the popularity of pizza. I'm saying that ranting about pizza won't make cheeseburgers more popular.

 

[Ryujin]

The trouble with that as an analogy for RPGs is you’d first need to remove all non-pizza food options. Then wonder why people who hate the only option are complaining about it. Because it’s either effectively or literally the only option.

Don't want to eat pizza? Go read a book instead.

 

[prabe]

I suspect even were I more of a cat person, trying to introduce a kitten into a house with a GSD/heeler mix and a GSD/bull terrier mix would be, shall we say, a bad idea.

Absolutely. Cats tend not to do well with even well-behaved big dogs. The difference, like just in size, between a ten-pound housecat and a hundred-pound dog is real--especially to the cat.

 

[overgeeked]

Don't want to eat pizza? Go read a book instead.

Yeah, that’s effectively the argument. It’s either enjoy pizza or get out of the hobby.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Doesn’t matter what I make, how I make it, or how tailored to the person it is. If it’s not pizza it might as well not exist. At best it’s “that was a nice distraction from pizza. When can we get back to pizza? Pizza’s the best. It’s so much better than that cheeseburger. Man, I could go for a pizza even though I just ate. Have I told you how much I like pizza. Hmm. Pizza. Pizza…”

 

[overgeeked]

“It’s our hobby now. Get out.”

 

[gnarlygninja]

If you forget that the pizza here is a metaphor, this conversation is really confusing.