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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8478259" data-attributes="member: 82106">OK, but if that's an obligation of RPG designers, then it is one that ALL OF THEM should be held to. I won't accept a judgment that one set of people's ideas of how to play are privileged and can simply be assumed, that's all.Again, I have no problem with the idea that it is a good idea to educate your audience. I'm just trying to understand if you really mean to say that you consider games that you would want to play to be somehow privileged.OK, I interpret that mean &quot;Yes, all games should do this, not just ones I don't consider mainstream.&quot; Sorry if this seems like a nitpick, but fans of certain RPGs often don't seem to see how they appear to project an attitude that seems to make all other forms of RPG 2nd class.It relates to my concern very much, because it PERFECTLY illustrates the absolute arrogance associated with a large segment of RPG fandom which seems to consider itself the absolute arbiter of what is acceptable, mainstream, etc. That poster simply dismissed not even a genre or classification of RPGs, but essentially everything not produced by those he seems to favor as irrelevant trash with a metaphorical wave of the hand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8478259, member: 82106"] OK, but if that's an obligation of RPG designers, then it is one that ALL OF THEM should be held to. I won't accept a judgment that one set of people's ideas of how to play are privileged and can simply be assumed, that's all. Again, I have no problem with the idea that it is a good idea to educate your audience. I'm just trying to understand if you really mean to say that you consider games that you would want to play to be somehow privileged. OK, I interpret that mean "Yes, all games should do this, not just ones I don't consider mainstream." Sorry if this seems like a nitpick, but fans of certain RPGs often don't seem to see how they appear to project an attitude that seems to make all other forms of RPG 2nd class. It relates to my concern very much, because it PERFECTLY illustrates the absolute arrogance associated with a large segment of RPG fandom which seems to consider itself the absolute arbiter of what is acceptable, mainstream, etc. That poster simply dismissed not even a genre or classification of RPGs, but essentially everything not produced by those he seems to favor as irrelevant trash with a metaphorical wave of the hand. [/QUOTE]

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