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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 5137731" data-attributes="member: 2732">Well, I hate to say it, but nostalgia is a real word with a real meaning (and I am using the modern term, not the 18th century version which just tried to define it as a combination of homesickness and battle fatigue).&nbsp; It is only an insult when used as such.&nbsp; The term &quot;video-gamey&quot; is worded a little as a putdown, and it's a slang term.&nbsp; (Video game is not an adjective).&nbsp; Even that is not as bad as &quot;threetard&quot; or &quot;fouron&quot;, which are portmanteus of Retard and Moron.&nbsp; I am not going to avoid using the term nostalgia to define some of the old school when it is very clear that parts of it are aimed at nostalgia.&nbsp; (Just tell me for instance that those homage covers to early TSR covers that Goodman Games did, for instance, or the use of Century Gothic fonts on some products or even games like Hackmaster is anything other than nostalgia-aimed)&nbsp; Those being over-sensitive to the use of the term...jeez, assuming most of the fans were alive back then--you are at least 40 or 50 years old!&nbsp; If you can't hear the word nostalgia in a normal context without going crazy, how the hell will you be able to teach your kids and grandkids to ignore such petty insults.The key thing is evangelism and exclusionary attitudes are mutually exclusive.&nbsp; If you actually would like the old school games to grow--and they would need new blood willing to try it to do it--you can't present a &quot;bitter haters&quot; club.&nbsp; I see this more on the forums than the stuff you and the others are doing with the actual rules.&nbsp; Sometimes people are mad at your stuff and the subsequent retro-clone movement because it &quot;invalidates the real AD&amp;D&quot;, for instance, and I think it's not productive to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 5137731, member: 2732"] Well, I hate to say it, but nostalgia is a real word with a real meaning (and I am using the modern term, not the 18th century version which just tried to define it as a combination of homesickness and battle fatigue). It is only an insult when used as such. The term "video-gamey" is worded a little as a putdown, and it's a slang term. (Video game is not an adjective). Even that is not as bad as "threetard" or "fouron", which are portmanteus of Retard and Moron. I am not going to avoid using the term nostalgia to define some of the old school when it is very clear that parts of it are aimed at nostalgia. (Just tell me for instance that those homage covers to early TSR covers that Goodman Games did, for instance, or the use of Century Gothic fonts on some products or even games like Hackmaster is anything other than nostalgia-aimed) Those being over-sensitive to the use of the term...jeez, assuming most of the fans were alive back then--you are at least 40 or 50 years old! If you can't hear the word nostalgia in a normal context without going crazy, how the hell will you be able to teach your kids and grandkids to ignore such petty insults. The key thing is evangelism and exclusionary attitudes are mutually exclusive. If you actually would like the old school games to grow--and they would need new blood willing to try it to do it--you can't present a "bitter haters" club. I see this more on the forums than the stuff you and the others are doing with the actual rules. Sometimes people are mad at your stuff and the subsequent retro-clone movement because it "invalidates the real AD&D", for instance, and I think it's not productive to do that. [/QUOTE]

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