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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5897953" data-attributes="member: 996">That's "confirmation bias."  If you dislike 4e, you'll tend to see criticism of it as valid, and refutations of those criticisms as merely labeling the criticism "edition bashing."  Similarly, if you like previous editions, you'll see criticism of them as "bashing" that they 'get away with.'The reverse, of course, applies.  That's on the emotional level.  More objectively, there are criticisms that can be backed up with valid examples, lucid reasoning, fair arguments, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and even formal logical proof - and there are those that can't be backed up at all, or even are in obvious factual error.From my observation of the on-line communities at the release of 3.0, 3.5, 4e and Essentials, there is a very strong tendency for a new ed to get "bashed."  Let me say that I'm a "nerd," and I don't mind saying this is a very nerdy hobby, and we nerds put an inordinate investment in our hobbies.  When you've spent years mastering a game, and it gets invalidated by a new edition, it's natural to be less than pleased about that.  They've just taken something away from you in a sense.  You were a master of the game, now you're a beginner again.  That can be annoying for some personality types.  It can be downright devastating.I'm sure there's also an 'early adopter' set out there who just automatically wax enthusiastic about the latest thing every time, but I don't think our hobby attracts it so much. At least, not the sub-set that's attracted to D&D in the first place. D&D is the first RPG, and in the past, has changed slowly.  It naturally attracts gamers who prefer a stable system with some history and sense of permanency, even if that means putting up with (and even growing attached to) obvious flaws. So, yes, we tend to be hard on new editions until they prove themselves and become familiar.  Generally they reach that point in 5 or 10 years - just in time for another new edition to come in and freak us out again.  <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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