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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6228891" data-attributes="member: 78752"><p>I don't think I'm making myself understood.</p><p></p><p>I think D&D players and dungeon masters who make use of the Forgotten Realms setting material have a tendency to ignore the metaplot because at best it interferes with their personal experience of the Realms. If these D&D players and dungeon masters have a negative opinion of the metaplot, it does not affect their positive opinion of the setting material. They therefore vote in favor of Forgotten Realms in this poll.</p><p></p><p>I think D&D players and dungeon masters who DO NOT make use of the Forgotten Realms setting material have no reason to separate the setting material from the metaplot in their minds, and therefore have a tendency to lump them together. If these D&D players and dungeon masters have a negative opinion of the metaplot, it will affect their opinion of the setting material negatively. They therefore vote against Forgotten Realms in this poll.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, Greyhawk has no metaplot to speak of. Non-Greyhawk users are not likely to have a positive or a negative opinion regarding the Greyhawk setting material, resulting in fewer votes /against/ Greyhawk.</p><p></p><p>In short, for the most part, Forgotten Realms is contending against people voting for Planescape as well as for people voting against Forgotten Realms, while Greyhawk is only contending against people voting for Mystara.</p><p></p><p>It was never my intention to suggest that the metaplot has to be taken part and parcel with the setting material. Only that individuals unfamiliar with the setting on the whole probably do this /by default/.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can see this for eladrin/high elves. Elves/wood elves' strong connection to nature lends itself to as substantial a heterosexual bias as humans', if not one that is potentially even greater. But it's really up to the dungeon master. There is definitely real-world evidence of homosexual and transgender behavior in ancient cultures with a strong veneration of nature.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, it's not so much their age as it is... all that beard. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 6228891, member: 78752"] I don't think I'm making myself understood. I think D&D players and dungeon masters who make use of the Forgotten Realms setting material have a tendency to ignore the metaplot because at best it interferes with their personal experience of the Realms. If these D&D players and dungeon masters have a negative opinion of the metaplot, it does not affect their positive opinion of the setting material. They therefore vote in favor of Forgotten Realms in this poll. I think D&D players and dungeon masters who DO NOT make use of the Forgotten Realms setting material have no reason to separate the setting material from the metaplot in their minds, and therefore have a tendency to lump them together. If these D&D players and dungeon masters have a negative opinion of the metaplot, it will affect their opinion of the setting material negatively. They therefore vote against Forgotten Realms in this poll. By contrast, Greyhawk has no metaplot to speak of. Non-Greyhawk users are not likely to have a positive or a negative opinion regarding the Greyhawk setting material, resulting in fewer votes /against/ Greyhawk. In short, for the most part, Forgotten Realms is contending against people voting for Planescape as well as for people voting against Forgotten Realms, while Greyhawk is only contending against people voting for Mystara. It was never my intention to suggest that the metaplot has to be taken part and parcel with the setting material. Only that individuals unfamiliar with the setting on the whole probably do this /by default/. I can see this for eladrin/high elves. Elves/wood elves' strong connection to nature lends itself to as substantial a heterosexual bias as humans', if not one that is potentially even greater. But it's really up to the dungeon master. There is definitely real-world evidence of homosexual and transgender behavior in ancient cultures with a strong veneration of nature. Yeah, it's not so much their age as it is... all that beard. :( [/QUOTE]
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