The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Scribe]

I dont know that it needs to be relitigated. Its the same pattern that we see across the internet from any and every corner, in every community and fandom.

I like/dislike X from Z company.
I disagree because Y.
You are wrong.
No you are wrong.

And the cycle continues.

Thats the internet in a nutshell, and evidence, reality, facts, definitions? I dont even care what the topic is, NONE of that matters anymore, because social media will grant you access to people who will agree with you, no matter how nonsensical and naughty word WRONG you are.

 

[overgeeked]

I know that people try to recruit 5E players to play a non-5E game. Or worse still, I've heard of DMs who recruit a group of players who expect to play 5E, but (surprise!) it's a different game instead. I don't see how that will go well for anyone.

But who knows? Every group is different, maybe it'll work out fine.

Sure, you could assume malice or deception, but there's no reason to. Games like Doctors & Daleks is what I'm talking about. It uses the 5E chassis but is based on the Doctor Who IP. You're playing Doctor Who...but you're playing 5E...instead of using the bespoke system that's a decade old that's won awards, etc...that no one plays because it's not 5E.

 

[ichabod]

I'd like to point out that SJG put out a GURPS line called "Dungeon fantasy" to appeal to the dungeon crawl aspect of D&D players/DMs.

Yes, I know. I own it, as well as GURPS 4E.

 

[trappedslider]

 

[overgeeked]

The simplest solution to most information needs is to ask someone who knows. Don’t know if someone knows? Ask. Don’t know where to find someone who might know? Ask. “Does anyone know…” or “How do I…” etc. It’s not hard.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

The simplest solution to most information needs is to ask someone who knows. Don’t know if someone knows? Ask. Don’t know where to find someone who might know? Ask. “Does anyone know…” or “How do I…” etc. It’s not hard.

Cunningham's Law.

The fastest way to get a right answer is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer on the internet.

 

[Umbran]

Cunningham's Law.

The fastest way to get a right answer is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer on the internet.

Yes, but then that interacts poorly with Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap - including answers on the internet). You may quickly get a correct answer, but you must weed it out of the incorrect ones.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Yes, but then that interacts poorly with Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap - including answers on the internet). You may quickly get a correct answer, but you must weed it out of the incorrect ones.

Snarf's Law: The interaction of too many internet-created laws leads to a logical fallacy.

 

[Umbran]

Snarf's Law: The interaction of too many internet-created laws leads to a logical fallacy.

Well, Sturgeon's Law dates to 1957.
Orwell had a version of it in 1946.
Kipling stated an equivalent in 1890.

If Kipling was on the internet... that'd be a trick and a half.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Well, Sturgeon's Law dates to 1957.
Orwell had a version of it in 1946.
Kipling stated an equivalent in 1890.

If Kipling was on the internet... that'd be a trick and a half.

85% of the dates and quotes you see on the internet are fake.
-Abraham Lincoln