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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8242690" data-attributes="member: 85555">[USER=6993955]@Fenris-77[/USER] , I don't think you promote styles. I think you have a genuine interest in analysis. I think the line between analysis and promotion gets very blurry in this kind of thread with a lot of posters. Sometimes I think it is unintentional (we don't know our own biases and can often analysis without meaning to in ways that glorify our own style over others), but sometimes I think it is intentional. I wasn't trying to be aggressive nor hostile. But there is a lot of hostility towards the approaches I engage in and even towards posters who engage in it. And I feel like a lot of my responses have been reactions to that. I was asked if one of the reasons I responded the way I did to a set of posts, was because I found them pompous, and that was one of the reasons. I pointed to the kinds of posts where I think this sort of thing is going on. I wasn't trying to be anti-intellectual or anything. I do think education and self improvement are good. I just don't think using your education or your own strengths to mock other people, belittle them is a good thing in a discussion about RPGs. Also, look back at the thread, you will see plenty of instances of people attacking me and others, belittling us, and engaging in behavior that could be described as pompous. I will fully admit, when I've been irritated, I don't always make the best posts, and may have been hostile to someone when it wasn't warranted. But this isn't always just neutral analysis and a lot the disputes here in this thread have long histories between the posters involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8242690, member: 85555"] [USER=6993955]@Fenris-77[/USER] , I don't think you promote styles. I think you have a genuine interest in analysis. I think the line between analysis and promotion gets very blurry in this kind of thread with a lot of posters. Sometimes I think it is unintentional (we don't know our own biases and can often analysis without meaning to in ways that glorify our own style over others), but sometimes I think it is intentional. I wasn't trying to be aggressive nor hostile. But there is a lot of hostility towards the approaches I engage in and even towards posters who engage in it. And I feel like a lot of my responses have been reactions to that. I was asked if one of the reasons I responded the way I did to a set of posts, was because I found them pompous, and that was one of the reasons. I pointed to the kinds of posts where I think this sort of thing is going on. I wasn't trying to be anti-intellectual or anything. I do think education and self improvement are good. I just don't think using your education or your own strengths to mock other people, belittle them is a good thing in a discussion about RPGs. Also, look back at the thread, you will see plenty of instances of people attacking me and others, belittling us, and engaging in behavior that could be described as pompous. I will fully admit, when I've been irritated, I don't always make the best posts, and may have been hostile to someone when it wasn't warranted. But this isn't always just neutral analysis and a lot the disputes here in this thread have long histories between the posters involved. [/QUOTE]

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