Thomas Shey
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I have no special insight into @pemerton which others lack, as far as I know. In a sense I can agree with @Thomas Shey in that it may be a fact that many people, using some quite faulty logic reject the existence of a thing because they don't find it to be to their taste. That is a kind of explanation, in some sense, but it simply begs us to ask the question again in the form of "why do people use such faulty logic?"
Its only faulty if they're starting with the same premises you are. You can argue, instead, that their premises seem dubious (which I believe is what Pemerton is doing), but once you start with those premises, those conclusions don't seem particular faulty.
(Also, again, I suspect a lot of people were not saying modelling wasn't in the rules; I certainly never claimed that. They just denied that it was functionally a character creation system. I understand people disagree with that, but again, see my note about premises).