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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9697476" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>You've said a bunch of stuff in this thread that has been quite belittling to other games and other modes of play. You've outright stated <em>several </em>times that your preferred games are simply <em>better </em>than others in one way or another. <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/rant-the-conservatism-of-d-d-fans-is-exhausting.712674/page-1568#post-9697308" target="_blank">Just a few posts back</a>, you said <em>"I also think that many of those RPGers have not really grappled with the tension that arises" </em>because they prefer to play in games where the GM controls the world. My gods! What gives <em>you </em>the right to say that about the way the majority of gamers play? You clearly think they're all playing wrong! In this very post, you say that my way of gaming is inherently worse than yours. You make blanket statements about how specific instances of play violate certain GNS principles (despite that being known to be an incomplete and outdated way of describing game styles), as if the only way a person can properly game is if they adhere to one of those three modes. You've made broad and incorrect assumptions about <em>my </em>game style and never acknowledged it when I pointed that out. You refuse to answer questions or address statements in favor of nitpicking word usage. You have spent <em>so much time </em>in this thread alone telling people, including me, how to play RPGs.</p><p></p><p>So if you can't take it when someone else says something like that about you, try not to dish it out so much.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just because he thought you did well doesn't mean it isn't a rule that encourages godmode. </p><p></p><p></p><p>How do you know you'd have a worse session of play? Because it's not the way you <em>normally </em>play? Because you wouldn't get as much control over the world as you prefer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 9697476, member: 6915329"] You've said a bunch of stuff in this thread that has been quite belittling to other games and other modes of play. You've outright stated [I]several [/I]times that your preferred games are simply [I]better [/I]than others in one way or another. [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/rant-the-conservatism-of-d-d-fans-is-exhausting.712674/page-1568#post-9697308']Just a few posts back[/URL], you said [I]"I also think that many of those RPGers have not really grappled with the tension that arises" [/I]because they prefer to play in games where the GM controls the world. My gods! What gives [I]you [/I]the right to say that about the way the majority of gamers play? You clearly think they're all playing wrong! In this very post, you say that my way of gaming is inherently worse than yours. You make blanket statements about how specific instances of play violate certain GNS principles (despite that being known to be an incomplete and outdated way of describing game styles), as if the only way a person can properly game is if they adhere to one of those three modes. You've made broad and incorrect assumptions about [I]my [/I]game style and never acknowledged it when I pointed that out. You refuse to answer questions or address statements in favor of nitpicking word usage. You have spent [I]so much time [/I]in this thread alone telling people, including me, how to play RPGs. So if you can't take it when someone else says something like that about you, try not to dish it out so much. Just because he thought you did well doesn't mean it isn't a rule that encourages godmode. How do you know you'd have a worse session of play? Because it's not the way you [I]normally [/I]play? Because you wouldn't get as much control over the world as you prefer? [/QUOTE]
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