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<blockquote data-quote="RareBreed" data-source="post: 9243084" data-attributes="member: 6945590">Should we not inform people that there are benefits to new things and expand our horizons?&nbsp; Should we not challenge others to try something new because the argument is that only one way is good enough?Is it now considered condescending to point out that there are other ideas in games (and hobbies in general) that they may not only enjoy, but broaden their views?At work we try to be more diverse.&nbsp; At school, we try to have a broad and expansive education.&nbsp; Has it become offensive now to try to bring this to the pursuit of a hobby or other form of entertainment or even enjoyment?One of the points I am trying to make, is that our entertainment, and especially our hobbies, become a part of us.&nbsp; They might even influence us more than what we learned in school (for better or worse).&nbsp; I credit roleplaying in my very young years with a lot of who I am today.&nbsp; Playing Twilight 2000 kicked off my interest in geopolitics and the military.&nbsp; Fantasy combat wanted me to try to find the answer of the age old question of, &quot;who's better, a European fencer or a Japanese samurai&quot; by taking a year of fencing and a year of aikido (and many other martial arts down the road).&nbsp; Playing Justice Inc, Gangbusters and Call of Cthulhu got me interested in the 1920s and 30s and the lead up to WW2.&nbsp; Being a GM I think helped me get over a lot of my shyness when I was younger.&nbsp; In other words, this isn't just entertainment, and it does (or at least can) have a big impact on people's lives.My point is we should be broadening our horizons.&nbsp; It's your right to ignore my suggestions or not even hear me, and it's my right to point out the benefits of diversity and drawbacks of a single point of view.&nbsp; It's even ok to find what I am saying offensive.&nbsp; Challenge, almost by definition, requires discomfort and some kind of offense (to our bodies, our sensibilities, our beliefs, etc etc).EDIT: My rights within the limits of the policies of the forum <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; Since I am in danger of promoting a One True Way, I will respectfully stop on these forums</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RareBreed, post: 9243084, member: 6945590"] Should we not inform people that there are benefits to new things and expand our horizons? Should we not challenge others to try something new because the argument is that only one way is good enough? Is it now considered condescending to point out that there are other ideas in games (and hobbies in general) that they may not only enjoy, but broaden their views? At work we try to be more diverse. At school, we try to have a broad and expansive education. Has it become offensive now to try to bring this to the pursuit of a hobby or other form of entertainment or even enjoyment? One of the points I am trying to make, is that our entertainment, and especially our hobbies, become a part of us. They might even influence us more than what we learned in school (for better or worse). I credit roleplaying in my very young years with a lot of who I am today. Playing Twilight 2000 kicked off my interest in geopolitics and the military. Fantasy combat wanted me to try to find the answer of the age old question of, "who's better, a European fencer or a Japanese samurai" by taking a year of fencing and a year of aikido (and many other martial arts down the road). Playing Justice Inc, Gangbusters and Call of Cthulhu got me interested in the 1920s and 30s and the lead up to WW2. Being a GM I think helped me get over a lot of my shyness when I was younger. In other words, this isn't just entertainment, and it does (or at least can) have a big impact on people's lives. My point is we should be broadening our horizons. It's your right to ignore my suggestions or not even hear me, and it's my right to point out the benefits of diversity and drawbacks of a single point of view. It's even ok to find what I am saying offensive. Challenge, almost by definition, requires discomfort and some kind of offense (to our bodies, our sensibilities, our beliefs, etc etc). EDIT: My rights within the limits of the policies of the forum ;) Since I am in danger of promoting a One True Way, I will respectfully stop on these forums [/QUOTE]

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