WizWrm
First Post
Just curious, but what kind of response did you expect to get to this thread?
"Oh heavens! You're right! We have fallen into a world of numbers without souls! Please, take us by the hand and lead us into the promised land of TRUE ROLEPLAYING! Help us regain our souls from this mechanics-obsessed monstrosity of a board we've created!"
Sarcasm aside, what did you expect to result from this? Could you have made a response to your own thread, or were you just trolling?
But - you weren't asking a question. More like delivering a sermon. Conversation coming out of it is just trying to convince you that you're wrong.
That, and your snide blanket comments (maybe you think you're being kind by not naming people, but from out here it just looks like you're looking down your nose at everybody and this board is hardly worth your time) toward members of this board is what makes people think you're a troll.
Honestly, this looks to me like just the next iteration of 'superior gaming.' Player A plays dungeoncrawls, and likes it. Player B looks down his nose at Player A, and questions how he could POSSIBLY enjoy himself with such lowbrow entertainment? After all, everyone knows that TRUE WORTH comes from the ability to roleplay your character and create a unique personality and background. Player C looks down at both and says, tolerantly, you can enjoy yourself however you want - he says to himself, "I know the true value of RPGs - play in whatever style you choose; those who don't understand this are just lesser than me." Player D looks down at Player C and says "Ah, the new stage of gaming. The 'tolerant gamer.' Please, let's not sacrifice our principles. We've matured and can move on from dungeoncrawls." I've watched this sequence unfold at least once in every RPG board I frequent, but usually it doesn't get farther than this before the thread gets locked, and I'm glad to see it's not happening here.
Please, oh lord, show us where we have gone wrong! Show us where we veered from the path of TRUE ROLEPLAYING!
Are you perhaps assuming this because of your earlier comments concerning the great array of threads about mechanics? That's what I call negative proof - the presence of one thing must indicate the absence of another, and vice versa. You are essentially saying that if we discuss mechanics, we must therefore shun roleplaying. Obviously untrue, as you can see from the nice responses people have written up to explain why there are a great deal of mechanics-related posts. The same 'negative proof' technique has been used to prove that D&D is a front for a vast Satanic conspiracy.
Absolutely ridiculous.
It's a game.
"Oh heavens! You're right! We have fallen into a world of numbers without souls! Please, take us by the hand and lead us into the promised land of TRUE ROLEPLAYING! Help us regain our souls from this mechanics-obsessed monstrosity of a board we've created!"
Sarcasm aside, what did you expect to result from this? Could you have made a response to your own thread, or were you just trolling?
But - you weren't asking a question. More like delivering a sermon. Conversation coming out of it is just trying to convince you that you're wrong.
That, and your snide blanket comments (maybe you think you're being kind by not naming people, but from out here it just looks like you're looking down your nose at everybody and this board is hardly worth your time) toward members of this board is what makes people think you're a troll.
Honestly, this looks to me like just the next iteration of 'superior gaming.' Player A plays dungeoncrawls, and likes it. Player B looks down his nose at Player A, and questions how he could POSSIBLY enjoy himself with such lowbrow entertainment? After all, everyone knows that TRUE WORTH comes from the ability to roleplay your character and create a unique personality and background. Player C looks down at both and says, tolerantly, you can enjoy yourself however you want - he says to himself, "I know the true value of RPGs - play in whatever style you choose; those who don't understand this are just lesser than me." Player D looks down at Player C and says "Ah, the new stage of gaming. The 'tolerant gamer.' Please, let's not sacrifice our principles. We've matured and can move on from dungeoncrawls." I've watched this sequence unfold at least once in every RPG board I frequent, but usually it doesn't get farther than this before the thread gets locked, and I'm glad to see it's not happening here.
Please, oh lord, show us where we have gone wrong! Show us where we veered from the path of TRUE ROLEPLAYING!
Are you perhaps assuming this because of your earlier comments concerning the great array of threads about mechanics? That's what I call negative proof - the presence of one thing must indicate the absence of another, and vice versa. You are essentially saying that if we discuss mechanics, we must therefore shun roleplaying. Obviously untrue, as you can see from the nice responses people have written up to explain why there are a great deal of mechanics-related posts. The same 'negative proof' technique has been used to prove that D&D is a front for a vast Satanic conspiracy.
Absolutely ridiculous.
It's a game.
