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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7506016" data-attributes="member: 22779">Dunno about &quot;kids these days&quot;.&nbsp; I'm 46 and I really, really appreciate the Netflix shorter seasons.&nbsp; It's kinda fun to compare, say, Daredevil or Jessica Jones to the CW heroes stuff like Flash or Arrow.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong, I like all four shows.&nbsp; But, if I had to choose, I'd definitely go with the Netflix pacing.&nbsp; I grew up with these shows that lasted season after season, like Star Trek Next Generation, and then going back and rewatching and realizing that in these days of streaming and on-demand, you don't need to retread so much stuff.&nbsp; It the past, you might miss an episode or two, and it didn't really matter all that much.&nbsp; You'd catch up in the next episode because the ongoing story took so long to resolve.&nbsp; But with streaming, I don't miss anything, so, well, get on with it already.I think the same applies to my gaming.&nbsp; Back in the dark ages of school, I had time to play soooo many hours a week.&nbsp; Now, I don't.&nbsp; Not even remotely.&nbsp; So, if we spend two sessions kinda faffing about not really moving anything forward, that's like almost a month of gaming for me.&nbsp; The notion that I'm going to spend ten years in the same campaign, which, if you stripped out all the extra stuff, would actually last about two years, is just not appealing to me.&nbsp; No, I don't thing the journey is the most important thing.&nbsp; The journey is important, but, the resolution is equally important as well.&nbsp; I've done SOOO much journey over the years.&nbsp; Now, I want my dessert.&nbsp; Just to mangle a couple of metaphors.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7506016, member: 22779"] Dunno about "kids these days". I'm 46 and I really, really appreciate the Netflix shorter seasons. It's kinda fun to compare, say, Daredevil or Jessica Jones to the CW heroes stuff like Flash or Arrow. Don't get me wrong, I like all four shows. But, if I had to choose, I'd definitely go with the Netflix pacing. I grew up with these shows that lasted season after season, like Star Trek Next Generation, and then going back and rewatching and realizing that in these days of streaming and on-demand, you don't need to retread so much stuff. It the past, you might miss an episode or two, and it didn't really matter all that much. You'd catch up in the next episode because the ongoing story took so long to resolve. But with streaming, I don't miss anything, so, well, get on with it already. I think the same applies to my gaming. Back in the dark ages of school, I had time to play soooo many hours a week. Now, I don't. Not even remotely. So, if we spend two sessions kinda faffing about not really moving anything forward, that's like almost a month of gaming for me. The notion that I'm going to spend ten years in the same campaign, which, if you stripped out all the extra stuff, would actually last about two years, is just not appealing to me. No, I don't thing the journey is the most important thing. The journey is important, but, the resolution is equally important as well. I've done SOOO much journey over the years. Now, I want my dessert. Just to mangle a couple of metaphors. :D [/QUOTE]

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