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

[darjr]

We both know why.

 

[Not a Hobbit]

Typical Posting pattern:
-Proceeds to speak about a certain topic
-Proceeds to tell everyone that they're not supposed to speak about the certain topic.
As long as you got the last word in. Congratulations.

 

[Bolares]

I'm just super tired of the "my fun is the right way/superior way" attitude that seems to pop up fairly frequently. There's not many "badwrongfun"-ers, but they're stubborn, and fairly skilled at pretending their attitude is reasonable. "That's not D&D anymore" and "Go play a different system/stop trying to turn D&D into something it isn't" are very common "dogwhistles" that I've seen used in this manner. I'm just really tired of it, especially with how it affects threads that I was genuinely interested in.

I'm soooo tired of the "OH, THEY TURNED THIS FINE HOBBIE IN TO A GAME FOR KIDS AND MILLENIALS" rethoric... I just don't engage anymore because it all smells like bait.

 

[darjr]

When we started playing D&D we didn’t let the kids play! We made them wait till they were old enough, this isn’t a kids game!

How old were you?

Twelve.

 

[Retreater]

I came in at the beginning of 2E, when they were changing the hobby's tone to appeal to parents and to address the Satanic Panic. The tone was a friendlier game connected to 1980s epic fantasy. I didn't seek out the original feel of the game until I was in my 20s.
Point is, they've been changing the game's feel for years, with every edition (and sometimes multiple times in the same edition).
And if they hadn't changed the tone in 2E, my mom wouldn't have allowed me to play. Changing the tone and making it more appropriate for the times opens doors for new players, like it did for me in 1990.

 

[Cadence]

That thing where the place you don't want to comment is the didn't comment thread...

 

[darjr]

Point of order, that isn’t a bikini

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Point of order, that isn’t a bikini

Ahem. It's called the Swimsuit Edition.

Some people are just old fashioned, and prefer the modesty of a one-piece.

 

[RealAlHazred]

When I played D&D, we were REBELS! We formed a group of often-scorned nerds and geeks into a cohesive, inclusive group celebrating DIVERSITY!

Which is why I'm telling you to CONFORM to the GROUP IDENTITY!

 

[darjr]

Ahem. It's called the Swimsuit Edition.

Some people are just old fashioned, and prefer the modesty of a one-piece.

Pint of order, while one could swim in that “suite” it wasn’t meant for that.

I’m not complaining, mind.