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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5587656" data-attributes="member: 177">Whether they are more accurate or not depends on what you're trying to be accurate about.&nbsp; If you are trying to convey a feeling playing in the style gave or gives you, then the terms &quot;Old School&quot; and &quot;New School&quot; are as accurate as anything else.&nbsp; If you're trying to denote the content of the style that gave you that feeling, there's a problem.&nbsp; Those terms give you a hint as to when the style happened, but nothing about what the style contains.&nbsp; When you ask about what the schools contain, you get different answers - two different folks who love &quot;old school&quot; gaming will not give you the same answers.&nbsp; So, accurate or not, the terms are imprecise when used to try to denote style content.&nbsp; Both sides are guilty of trying to control content by plain old browbeating. Given that the terms had emotional connotations before ever being co-opted by gamers, and that the term was co-opted *because* of that emotional connotation, this should not be a surprise.&nbsp; If the very term for a style conveys, &quot;other stuff is inferior,&quot; then yes, people are going to dislike what you're saying alongside how you are saying it.&nbsp; By adopting the term, you're the one who tied the method of conveyance with what you're conveying, not them.&nbsp; They cannot help but attack both at once.Pick a term for the style that is more emotionally neutral, and you'll see that problem dissipate.&nbsp; I'm not sure what the point of this is.&nbsp; It reads like it is supposed to get him to stand down - be fatalistic about it, as the end is unavoidable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5587656, member: 177"] Whether they are more accurate or not depends on what you're trying to be accurate about. If you are trying to convey a feeling playing in the style gave or gives you, then the terms "Old School" and "New School" are as accurate as anything else. If you're trying to denote the content of the style that gave you that feeling, there's a problem. Those terms give you a hint as to when the style happened, but nothing about what the style contains. When you ask about what the schools contain, you get different answers - two different folks who love "old school" gaming will not give you the same answers. So, accurate or not, the terms are imprecise when used to try to denote style content. Both sides are guilty of trying to control content by plain old browbeating. Given that the terms had emotional connotations before ever being co-opted by gamers, and that the term was co-opted *because* of that emotional connotation, this should not be a surprise. If the very term for a style conveys, "other stuff is inferior," then yes, people are going to dislike what you're saying alongside how you are saying it. By adopting the term, you're the one who tied the method of conveyance with what you're conveying, not them. They cannot help but attack both at once. Pick a term for the style that is more emotionally neutral, and you'll see that problem dissipate. I'm not sure what the point of this is. It reads like it is supposed to get him to stand down - be fatalistic about it, as the end is unavoidable. [/QUOTE]

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