It clearly wasn't meant literally.There's no good reason to use a phrase that is, on the face of it, obviously false.
But even if it was, this would not make it a dog whistle.
It clearly wasn't meant literally.There's no good reason to use a phrase that is, on the face of it, obviously false.
I feel I must point out, once again, that it is not my second favorite. I am so offended.Oh noes!
It's literally the second favourite RPG of everyone in the entire world. What a devastating insult.
D&D has been in print continually for 50 years. It's had multiple different editions, with considerable variation in mechanics and playstyle, yet for each of those 50 years (barring potentially a short period in the 90s vs Vampire and potentially a short period in the early 2010s vs Pathfinder) D&D been inarguably the most popular RPG, by a considerable margin. Whatever else was going on in the industry, whoever owned D&D, whoever wrote D&D, whoever drew the pictures in D&D, it was always (or practically always) number one.
Your position is that each one of these different versions and editions of D&D happened to be the best designed, written, and produced RPG of its era?
Like?Or could some other factor have contributed?
If it's so obviously false why say it?It clearly wasn't meant literally.
But even if it was, this would not make it a dog whistle.
I mean, who are the dogs we would supposably be whistling to, anyhow? And why are we whistling to them?It clearly wasn't meant literally.
But even if it was, this would not make it a dog whistle.
Oh noes!
It's literally the second favourite RPG of everyone in the entire world. What a devastating insult.
I think the poster assumed that everyone would see it was obviously not meant literally.If it's so obviously false why say it?
'This game is literally the second favourite RPG of everyone in the entire world' is not faint praise.Oh noes someone doesnt understand damning with faint praise...
Edit: I'll help you out... its not supposed to be presented as a devastating insult...
Literally?? I don't think you're using that correctly here either... and yeah it is faint praise for the most popular rpg in the world.'This game is literally the second favourite RPG of everyone in the entire world' is not faint praise.
I agree 100%!This is how D&D is supposed to work, IMO.