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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7823784" data-attributes="member: 22779">[USER=6917357]@Phion[/USER] - I'd point out that this isn't new to gaming.  I heard about this four years ago from the Fear the Boot Podcast and when they talked about it, they certainly weren't all that surprised about it, as if it had sprung out of nowhere.  This isn't just being pulled out of someone's posterior.  This is an ongoing practice that has been used in con's and in games for some time. Is it "scientifically studied"?  Probably not.  But, again, I'm arguing against endless hypothesizing.  Let's actually use some real examples here.  Pull out a module, look for something that you think might run into an X card situation and let's discuss possible strategies for how to make this work.Dueling made up scenarios where everyone simply creates a situation that best fits their argument in order to "prove" their points is useless.I'd point out that there is a pretty lengthy list of behavior that is verbotten on the site.  Keep it grandma friendly, no swearing, no politics or religion (although that one gets bent a few times), that sort of thing.  I could just imagine the ENORMOUS outcry from the free speech folks if a con tried to be even half as controlling over your speech as this site is.  We don't have an "x-button" because we have active moderators, anonymity, and a shopping list of bannable offenses.  But, hey, why not just toss yet another side bar conversation on the fire instead of actually discussing the issue.  Keep it up and eventually it will go away right?  No need to actually engage, we can just bafflegab our way around, just like every freaking time anything like this comes up. I'm so bloody sick of it.</blockquote>

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