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The Usage of the Non-Sequitur "4e is a Tactical Skirmish Game"
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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 5996244" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Talking to friends in casual conversation is very different from the M.O. of:</p><p></p><p>Turning on the computer > going to a specific website > logging into your username > putting fingers to keyboard and explicitly typing (while in the midst of a thread or to start a thread) words > typing words that say "4e is nothing more than a tactical skirmish game. </p><p></p><p>Only under 4 (catharsis) are you opining just for the sake of opining. I could have clarified significantly further and stated:</p><p></p><p>The user is opining for the sake of opining and is either indifferent to the implications/connotation of the statement or aloof to the implications/connotation of the statement. </p><p></p><p>Rather than putting that much into it (which is basically irrelevant...its still catharsis), I extended unto the commenter the courtesy of assuming competency and awareness. If one is so obtuse to not understand the implications/connotation of the statement (as below) "4e is just/merely/only a Tactical Skirmish Game" then it would be shocking to me that they have the mental acumen to fire up a computer in the first place. It is as inflammatory and exclusionary a statement as one could make (correct or incorrect) in light of a collective hobby. It is worse than "you're doing it wrong" or "wrongbadfun" or "your game sucks" or "I have a problem with these mechanical aspects of your preferred system." It is, by definition, the ultimate exclusionary statement of "you do not belong here and are excluded from our club because what you are doing is not RPGing...because your game is not an RPG...and worse yet, you don't even realize that you are not an RPGer." The entire point of this board is to exchange ideas about our collective hobby/club. Saying "you're not in the club and too stupid to know it" is the most inflammatory thing I can think of saying to someone regarding a hobby. Its either said in good faith and then the point clearly elaborated upon (as an attempt to enlighten and exchange ideas) or said with consideration to provoke or thoughtlessly said without consideration for the implications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 5996244, member: 6696971"] Talking to friends in casual conversation is very different from the M.O. of: Turning on the computer > going to a specific website > logging into your username > putting fingers to keyboard and explicitly typing (while in the midst of a thread or to start a thread) words > typing words that say "4e is nothing more than a tactical skirmish game. Only under 4 (catharsis) are you opining just for the sake of opining. I could have clarified significantly further and stated: The user is opining for the sake of opining and is either indifferent to the implications/connotation of the statement or aloof to the implications/connotation of the statement. Rather than putting that much into it (which is basically irrelevant...its still catharsis), I extended unto the commenter the courtesy of assuming competency and awareness. If one is so obtuse to not understand the implications/connotation of the statement (as below) "4e is just/merely/only a Tactical Skirmish Game" then it would be shocking to me that they have the mental acumen to fire up a computer in the first place. It is as inflammatory and exclusionary a statement as one could make (correct or incorrect) in light of a collective hobby. It is worse than "you're doing it wrong" or "wrongbadfun" or "your game sucks" or "I have a problem with these mechanical aspects of your preferred system." It is, by definition, the ultimate exclusionary statement of "you do not belong here and are excluded from our club because what you are doing is not RPGing...because your game is not an RPG...and worse yet, you don't even realize that you are not an RPGer." The entire point of this board is to exchange ideas about our collective hobby/club. Saying "you're not in the club and too stupid to know it" is the most inflammatory thing I can think of saying to someone regarding a hobby. Its either said in good faith and then the point clearly elaborated upon (as an attempt to enlighten and exchange ideas) or said with consideration to provoke or thoughtlessly said without consideration for the implications. [/QUOTE]
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