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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9702807" data-attributes="member: 6906980"><p>When people tell me that the only reason I like what I like is because of it's what I'm used to, when they insist that the only reason I don't like some other game because I don't understand it, when I am told repeatedly that what I do is bad (e.g. "Nothing happens on failure is terrible") then yes, I am going to push back against that. People tell me that some feature of some other game would tell me that it is superior and then when I try to discuss any actual details of how to use fail forward and give the example of someone trying to break into a house, I'm creating a strawman, yes it's a bit frustrating. If I attempt to explain why another game doesn't work for me criticism focuses solely on my not using the exactly correct precise wording while ignoring the rest of my post which covers many other issues, it gets old.</p><p></p><p>But apparently I'm just a snob because I like D&D since I'm told time and again that the only reason I like it is because of tradition. I happen to like the current version, even if there were several things I wish they had done different. I have never, will never, tell anyone else that they're playing the wrong game or the wrong way. I don't care for PbtA games but I will never tell anyone that just because their game is different that it should play more like D&D. For that matter I wouldn't see the point of going onto a forum dedicated to PbtA games and constantly extol the virtues of D&D. I wouldn't see the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9702807, member: 6906980"] When people tell me that the only reason I like what I like is because of it's what I'm used to, when they insist that the only reason I don't like some other game because I don't understand it, when I am told repeatedly that what I do is bad (e.g. "Nothing happens on failure is terrible") then yes, I am going to push back against that. People tell me that some feature of some other game would tell me that it is superior and then when I try to discuss any actual details of how to use fail forward and give the example of someone trying to break into a house, I'm creating a strawman, yes it's a bit frustrating. If I attempt to explain why another game doesn't work for me criticism focuses solely on my not using the exactly correct precise wording while ignoring the rest of my post which covers many other issues, it gets old. But apparently I'm just a snob because I like D&D since I'm told time and again that the only reason I like it is because of tradition. I happen to like the current version, even if there were several things I wish they had done different. I have never, will never, tell anyone else that they're playing the wrong game or the wrong way. I don't care for PbtA games but I will never tell anyone that just because their game is different that it should play more like D&D. For that matter I wouldn't see the point of going onto a forum dedicated to PbtA games and constantly extol the virtues of D&D. I wouldn't see the point. [/QUOTE]
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