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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5105147" data-attributes="member: 4937">Whereas, implying that people who disagree with you are stupid or ignorant is commonly employed by....?videogamey != boardgamey != wargamey  I don't think there is a small reference pool here.  I think that you'd hardly find a broader reference pool on the subject of games than people who visit EnWorld.  If you want to discuss games, this is one of the deepest pools in the ocean.  If you don't like the vocabulary we are employing here, please go whereever you think the posters are more knowledgable on the subject of RPGs and leave off the assertions that people who don't agree with you do so from the basis of ignorance.While the subject is coming up, let me say that terms like 'videogamey' get used for several different reasons:1) 'videogamey' can serve as short hand for a whole bunch of interrelated ideas, for example see Oryan77 Today 02:58 and my post at 11:23 AM.  If I want to discuss these ideas with Oryan77, I don't want to have to repeat an entire essay whenever I refer to the ideas in question.  I note clear overlap in several areas that Oryan77 considers videogamey and areas I consider videogamey.  We used different vocabulary to name and describe these different areas, but the ideas under discussion are clearly related.  2) 'videogamey' can serve as an instinctive way of describing a feeling that person has which they are not yet able to articulate clearly.  This is hardly surprising considering the way the human mind works.  It's entirely possible for someone to pick up on some aspect of his surroundings without being able to name it or even describe it.   In this sense the person is saying, "It gives me the impression that I first experienced or most associate with playing video games.  I haven't yet analyzed why I would get this impression thoroughly that I can articulate what the linkage between the two experiences are, but I'm calling my impression 'videogamey' and after I wrestle with the problem a while I hope to be able to explain this in more detail."Both senses are completely valid.  Not everyone is able to articulate every feeling that they have clearly, and everyone has problems articulating their opinions at least some of the time.   Most people have various vague feelings but have never been able to give those feelings a concrete grounding in logic.  In fact, one of the reasons why people might talk about something in a forum like this is to help themselves articulate what they feel or believe.  Nothing helps clarify and hone your thinking quite like bouncing ideas off other people, including those that might be critical of your ideas.</blockquote>

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