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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 8684342" data-attributes="member: 6588">I like watching heated arguments and train wrecks over minor differences in rpgs from time-to-time. It's a guilty pleasure, but I'll cop to it.What really gives me joy in the community is reading and feeling people's genuine passion about the game. Sometimes that can come off as one-wayism, but more often I feel their gaming enthusiasm. That is refueling and refreshing. I am not into Eberron or artificers or Gnomes, but I will happily read about you extolling the virtues of your game involving the same. I often read about games that are nearly the polar opposite of mine and are told with such passion - it's really neat so many people love to play the game in different ways.One of the greatest compliments I received on here, and sadly I cannot remember who said it, was one person posted that I have such enthusiasm for miniatures and terrain and combat, that even though they were a pure theater of the mind person they would love to play a session at my table. I really feel the same way about many of the games I read about on here - the style is not for me, but the deep passion about playing their style attracts me.People get &quot;judgmental&quot; or &quot;whine&quot; when their styles of game is unsupported or not receiving validation. Their passion for their style of game can lead to some of the posts you hate. Posts like = &quot;I wish WOTC would stop making MTG crossover setting books,&quot; can really feel like an attack on your Strixhaven campaign when the person is really just saying they wish WOTC would concentrate their efforts that more closely aligns with their style of play. It can escalate quickly. And, I kind of enjoy reading it. I don't troll to cause it, like some posters do, and I do hit my limit pretty quickly. So I get your point overall. Be tolerant and enjoy the community is certainly a good idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pogre, post: 8684342, member: 6588"] I like watching heated arguments and train wrecks over minor differences in rpgs from time-to-time. It's a guilty pleasure, but I'll cop to it. What really gives me joy in the community is reading and feeling people's genuine passion about the game. Sometimes that can come off as one-wayism, but more often I feel their gaming enthusiasm. That is refueling and refreshing. I am not into Eberron or artificers or Gnomes, but I will happily read about you extolling the virtues of your game involving the same. I often read about games that are nearly the polar opposite of mine and are told with such passion - it's really neat so many people love to play the game in different ways. One of the greatest compliments I received on here, and sadly I cannot remember who said it, was one person posted that I have such enthusiasm for miniatures and terrain and combat, that even though they were a pure theater of the mind person they would love to play a session at my table. I really feel the same way about many of the games I read about on here - the style is not for me, but the deep passion about playing their style attracts me. People get "judgmental" or "whine" when their styles of game is unsupported or not receiving validation. Their passion for their style of game can lead to some of the posts you hate. Posts like = "I wish WOTC would stop making MTG crossover setting books," can really feel like an attack on your Strixhaven campaign when the person is really just saying they wish WOTC would concentrate their efforts that more closely aligns with their style of play. It can escalate quickly. And, I kind of enjoy reading it. I don't troll to cause it, like some posters do, and I do hit my limit pretty quickly. So I get your point overall. [B]Be tolerant and enjoy the community[/B] is certainly a good idea. [/QUOTE]

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