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

[el-remmen]

Also, a lot of people's responses to certain game ideas seem to boil down to "How dare you try to run a game style I wouldn't want to play?"

 

[payn]

Also, a lot of people's responses to certain game ideas seem to boil down to "How dare you try to run a game style I wouldn't want to play in?"

Right, or "the game isn't supposed to be played this way..."

 

[CleverNickName]

Right, or "the game isn't supposed to be played this way..."

Or this old chestnut, "You should just play something else instead."

SO tired of hearing that.

 

[payn]

Or this old chestnut, "You should just play something else instead."

SO tired of hearing that.

Depends on how the OP is constructed. If the OP is asking for opinions on how to do something, I think its fair game. If the OP specifically says they want x,y,z, then is inappropriate to hijack with an a,b,c instead posting. Some folks are good about this, others not so much.

 

[CleverNickName]

Depends on how the OP is constructed. If the OP is asking for opinions on how to do something, I think its fair game. If the OP specifically says they want x,y,z, then is inappropriate to hijack with an a,b,c instead posting. Some folks are good about this, others not so much.

It just makes my eye twitch whenever someone opens a Dungeons & Dragons thread, sees the "5E" tag on it, (presumably) reads a comment about a 5th Edition D&D house rule, and then decides to respond with "just play something else." 0% helpful.

 

[J.Quondam]

Sadly, a thread celebrating a games 45th anniversary has turned into a how much it sucks buffet.

TO be fair, that's how I felt on my 45th brthday.

 

[dragoner]

This is sort of what im talking about. Everyone has their "best Traveller version" and often the nitpicks are not that germane to discussion about the game in general.

The version there is Classic, I hate to have every discussion hijacked by 3i people too.

 

[payn]

TO be fair, that's how I felt on my 45th brthday.

Oh great, so I have that to look forward to in a few years...

I guess Traveller threads are just my preparation

 

[payn]

It just makes my eye twitch whenever someone opens a Dungeons & Dragons thread, sees the "5E" tag on it, (presumably) reads a comment about a 5th Edition D&D house rule, and then decides to respond with "just play something else." 0% helpful.

Those headings can easily be overlooked. I did it a few times in the past and got (correctly) burned for being out of line. Now, I always check to see what the heading is, along with reading the OP closely. So, I've taken to reminding folks when they seem to be jumping tangent of the topics source and/or OP request. I know that can be exhausting, but constructing the best possible OP also helps a lot in this.

 

[dragoner]

I just wish that the "Spinward Traveller" film had actually come to pass, but that's another discussion

Ken Whitman rip off ... I doubt it was going to happen.