D&D 4E Top Ten Things I've Learned on the 4e Forum

[Epic Meepo]

1) Quoting things in context is overrated.
2) All threads lead to the phrase, "That name is stupid!"
3) When in doubt, redefine commonly accepted terminology.
4) Every topic, no matter how obscure, deserves its own poll.
5) If you post something three times in a single thread, it must be true.
6) Everyone plays the game the same way I play the game. Right?
7) There is a physical law that prevents people from enjoying both 3.5 and 4e.
8) Everyone older than me is a grognard; everyone younger than me is a fanboy.
9) I have stated something; ergo, it has been proven to be true.
10) Apparently, there's a feat named Golden Wyvern Adept.

So, what have you learned on the 4e forum?

 

[Mistwell]

Anything can be claimed to be copying video games.
Anything can be claimed to be copying anime.

 

[Simon Marks]

This thread needs a poll.

 

[monboesen]

13. There exist a secret gaming police that prevents you from changing fluff or ...gasp..even rules according to your own likings.

 

[Lorthanoth]

I know more about taste, intelligence, grammar and history than anyone in the world. If you argue against me I will restate my case in a more obscure manner, getting more and more entrenched.

 

[Agamon]

I learned Epic Meepo is a lot smarter than the little guy from The Standing Stone.

 

[mhensley]

Anything can be claimed to be copying video games.
Anything can be claimed to be copying anime.

And conversely-

Nothing can be claimed to be copying video games.
Nothing can be claimed to be copying anime.

 

[CleverNickName]

Always vote "other" on polls. If the "other" option is not available, write at least 400 words explaining why it should be.

 

[Cadfan]

If you look hard enough, you will find what you are looking for. Even if what you're looking for is a 15 page exposition that PROVES your opinion correct, and what you're looking in is a two sentence toss away quote from a WOTC mail room employee on a message board from 3 months ago that began, "This is probably going to change, but..."

What you're looking for matters. In a lot of ways. Sometimes its worth stepping back to consider what it is you're seeking.

Gamers want their edition of the game to be supported. Even if they don't buy anything these days because they have all the books they could ever want, it just makes them feel better.

Gamers don't want to feel left behind. Even if they don't need anything else from WOTC, they don't want to feel like WOTC, and the community, is leaving them.

Gamers who homebrew care a LOT about the default setting. A lot more than I expected. They want it to be as close to their homebrew as possible.

Gamers would prefer that certain options be unavailable for everyone, rather than have to ban those options in their own, personal game. This looks like spite, but it really isn't. Its an almost emotional objection to banning material.

Everyone hates Kender. Somebody from WOTC accidentally let slip that 3e Halflings are basically Kender minus the annoying parts, and now, after getting along for the majority of a decade, everybody hates them. Even I kind of want to kick the little guys.

 

[weiknarf]

10) Apparently, there's a feat named Golden Wyvern Adept.

So, what have you learned on the 4e forum?

That name is stupid....