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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack99" data-source="post: 4625100" data-attributes="member: 53135">Okay, maybe that was a gross exaggeration, but I just couldn't come up with an interesting title. I must admit that I am pretty tired of the arguing back and forth about 4e sucking or not. At this point, I doubt the two “sides” can change the mind of anyone that is still undecided, or change the mind of the “other side”. Also, while some people (including me) believe that discussion is good, there comes a time where I think we just need to realize that even though some good probably comes out of these discussions about the differences between 3.x and 4e (or whatever the topic of the day is), it always end with thinly veiled insults, snide and sarcastic comments and a lot of yelling back and forth. And all this is making ENworld a not so great place to come for your gaming questions and talks.Now, I am not saying I haven’t contributed to the flames, because I surely have, even though I have only ever been warned once and never banned. I still fully accept a part of the blame for some of the flamewars. And I want to stop being part of them. In order to do so, I will do the following things.1 – Focus on positives instead of negatives: Instead talking what I didn’t like about 3.x, I will stick to talking about what I like in 4e.2 – Ignore those who insult 4e players and 4e: I mean, what do I care if poster X thinks page 42 is the worst crap ever made. Or if Y poster Y claims that 3.5 is the last edition of D&D. Or if poster Z thinks 4e players like 4e because 3.x was too complex for them. And if I can’t ignore them, then I will focus on 4e, and how whatever is their issue with it works well for me.3 – Use sarcasm less. This is probably going to be the hardest. I am simply a sarcastic being by nature, and use sarcasm a lot in real life. I just keep forgetting how poorly it translates in writing and how other cultures use it much less than we (Danish people) do and thus might wrongly interpret my comments. Now, some of those reading this will say: WTH! Why do I care what some random poster thinks about edition wars? Does he think he is special or something, making a post about his intentions regarding the edition wars? Of course, no, I do not even remotely think I am special. I am simply posting this in hope that others will be inspired and do the same, which should hopefully contribute to a much better ENworld. Cheers</blockquote>

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