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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4625149" data-attributes="member: 13892">Yes, such gamers exist. Yes, they have boards. Yes, they have more than one edtion of their chosen game. Frex, I can ask for advice on pretty much any edition of Rolemaster at the ICE forums, HarnMaster at the Lythia forums, GURPS at the SJG forums, etc without a legion of people calling me a "retard" or a "moron" in 'l33t' speak. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />There is the occassional exception to the above rule, of course, but I found that I typically had to deal with one such individual at the aforementioned forums, rather than dozens upon dozens of individuals at any given D&D (or primarily D&D) forum. I did the math and it made my choice an easy one, though not necessarily a happy one. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> I've found that I can play and discuss different editions of these other games without being personally attacked for my preferences. I know! I found it hard to believe, as well! I've found that, in recent years, it has become increasingly hard to do that with any edition of D&D (thankfully retro clone fanbases seem to be largely safe at the moment, though). It's possible that this phenomena presents because D&D has the largest fanbase in the world — but you know what? I no longer care why this happens to be the case. Today, I know that this is just how things are, and I've learned the hard way that it's easier for me to accept this than it is for me to commit time and resources to 'fixing it' in some way. To be clear, I was in pretty much the exact same place as the OP for the last four years or so. The D&D fan community continued to grow more divided and fracture during that time because, IMHO, too few members of it are willing to accept personal preferences as personal and quit calling each other names for the choices that they make. I tried very hard for a very long time to put my best foot forward but, when it became clear who I was dealing with, I found it much easier to simply use my Ignore Lists. There are some forums that I simply refuse to visit at all due to their constant indulgence of <s>edition wars</s> screaming and name calling based on edition preference. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" />So, kudos to the OP if they can make this work for them. I sincerely mean that. If you can make it work, you're a better man than I am.</blockquote>

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