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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8448767" data-attributes="member: 5142">I will say that in my discussions about other games or systems, I don't necessarily expect that other people will or must like the games that I discuss. I rarely, if ever, go in to these discussions with the intent of convincing other people into liking these games. I understand fulll well that other people have different tastes, and they are entitled to them. I like playing other games, and not every game is designed with a D&D-esque framework. (And I do think that you, Snarf Zagyg, likely would also enjoy playing them, and I would be more than delighted to play these games with you.)When I discuss these other games, however, I would appreciate it if other people took a little time understanding these games, how they work and play as games, and why others may like them instead of repeating blatant misunderstandings or falsehoods about the games or telling me that I'm engaging in badwrong-not true-roleplaying because I may play games with metagame currencies, robust social mechanics (e.g., Fate, Cortex, etc.), or greater player authority over the fiction. (These have all happened to me here on ENWorld within the past year too.). I don't enjoy having other games I like playing being condescendingly referred to as "bespoke" or the subject of special pleading about them being more specialized or less customizable/kit-bashable than D&D.I don't necessarily like having my own personal tastes repeatedly be on trial, raked through the coals, or having to justify its own existence over against the hegemony of traditional gaming, which I myself also partake in and enjoy. That doesn't make me feel welcome, and it's almost a miracle that I'm still here on ENWorld given the crap people have said about my gaming preferences. And also being someone who liked 4e during the time of the Edition Wars here? shudders I did not go looking to be a part of the "theory camp." It happened to me, largely as a byproduct of my own preferences (for liking 4e, for liking Fate, for liking Dungeon World, for liking Blades in the Dark, etc.) constantly being interrogated by others here.It would be nice if what you wrote here was equally or fairly applied to all the people who spent their time on ENWorld punching down at marginalized gaming preferences rather than those of us who were occasionally having to punch up.</blockquote>

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