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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8446920" data-attributes="member: 5142">For someone who claims not to be responding to my post, you sure are clearly making a deliberate and concerted effort to make as many mean-spirited personal swipes at my post as possible. And it's a pretty bad faith take too. For starters, I am not making fun of anyone for being part of the in-crowd nor am I bullying anyone. My post reflects a genuine frustration that I felt when discussing tabletop games, and I tried my best to convey that in a way that I thought it would be easily understood, though with some tongue-in-cheek satrical prodding at American exceptionalism and a relatively common unfamiliarity with how non-American democracies operate. I certainly have not said that there is only one true way for theory or games, especially since my criticism regarding quasi-nationalistic behaviors surrounding gaming identities was meant to dispel that idea, and I did not single out D&D either there. I do, however, take issue with people who think that D&D's approach to roleplaying is the only way possible or that alternative structures of RP "governance" are somehow inherently badwrong because it lies outside of how D&D does it.I most definitely can talk about what 5e did well, as I don't think that it's popularity amounts to brand alone, and I have done so plenty of times. I just don't think it's particularly interesting to discuss, because it seems (a) obvious and consequently (b) somewhat self-serving since those reasons are obvious. Should I praise 5e again to appease you? Do I need to pass yet another arbitrary purity test that proves my patriotic appreciation of D&D? But this again goes back to this weird song and dance where I feel like I constantly have to reaffirm fans of the 800 lb. gorilla of its greatness.Despite what you may think, I did not set about to write that post to insult you. I just wish that you could have shown the courtesy to take my post in the good faith it was delivered and return the favor without the veiled insults. There is no need to make things personal, veiled or othewise.This.They're not F.A.T.A.L.</blockquote>

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