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<blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 7679202" data-attributes="member: 6667193"><p>But it is still outsourcing, and that is the part that many people not overly familiar with how the industry works will see. You may call it absurd reduction, but to someone who barely even knows that the industry exists, it's often applying what is happening in their own industry to the word because they don't know what else to apply, and trying to completely ignore the term just because it has a negative meaning in other industries doesn't make the term go away. I could care less about assailing WotC or the RPG industry for their practices, but I do care when people start to try to blatantly ignore terms that are applicable to that industry and will be seen by the general public as applying to that industry. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, WotC, and the industry as a whole, has a way of easily dealing with it that doesn't require flat out denial of the term. Correcting people that while outsourcing is not wrong, a more specific and accurate term exists to explain this particular style of outsourcing is a far more effective response that addresses the actual beef people have with the word while not denying the technical definition. Point out that freelancing is not only an accepted term, but the normal mode of operation for this particular industry, something that the general populace probably does not fully understand, and you have a strong explanation that will satisfy most people. And if you don't have time to correct people politely, sometimes it's best to accept that while it's not the term you would select, it's probably the term that most of the population will actually understand and use. </p><p></p><p>The only real difficulty comes with people who deliberately use the term to antagonize WotC supporters, and frankly, that should be obvious enough at this point to be very easy to spot and ignore. The vast majority of people who would use it this way are fairly consistent in their attacks on the company and should be as well known as the crazy people who would defend WotC even when presented pages of evidence of some mistake or bad decision the company was genuinely guilty of. I will freely admit that a large part of my reluctance of caring about 5E is the often overwhelming number of supporters who think that any even possibly negative comment about the company must mean that the company, the game, and the world are under assault and need to be defended at all costs. This thread is actually a prime example. A few very reasonable voices have acknowledged the technical correctness, but than proceeded to refocus the response to explain why there are better descriptions. Most, however, seem bound and determined to yell out anybody who dare to suggest that the term may not be entirely inaccurate. I understand why so many have that sharp of an automatic response, and tend to dislike those who forced that hyperdefensive position, but that doesn't make the conversations any more pleasant, and it doesn't encourage me, as someone still very much sitting on the fence, to really learn more about the system because there is so much negative noise being generated around it by both sides.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunshadow21, post: 7679202, member: 6667193"] But it is still outsourcing, and that is the part that many people not overly familiar with how the industry works will see. You may call it absurd reduction, but to someone who barely even knows that the industry exists, it's often applying what is happening in their own industry to the word because they don't know what else to apply, and trying to completely ignore the term just because it has a negative meaning in other industries doesn't make the term go away. I could care less about assailing WotC or the RPG industry for their practices, but I do care when people start to try to blatantly ignore terms that are applicable to that industry and will be seen by the general public as applying to that industry. Fortunately, WotC, and the industry as a whole, has a way of easily dealing with it that doesn't require flat out denial of the term. Correcting people that while outsourcing is not wrong, a more specific and accurate term exists to explain this particular style of outsourcing is a far more effective response that addresses the actual beef people have with the word while not denying the technical definition. Point out that freelancing is not only an accepted term, but the normal mode of operation for this particular industry, something that the general populace probably does not fully understand, and you have a strong explanation that will satisfy most people. And if you don't have time to correct people politely, sometimes it's best to accept that while it's not the term you would select, it's probably the term that most of the population will actually understand and use. The only real difficulty comes with people who deliberately use the term to antagonize WotC supporters, and frankly, that should be obvious enough at this point to be very easy to spot and ignore. The vast majority of people who would use it this way are fairly consistent in their attacks on the company and should be as well known as the crazy people who would defend WotC even when presented pages of evidence of some mistake or bad decision the company was genuinely guilty of. I will freely admit that a large part of my reluctance of caring about 5E is the often overwhelming number of supporters who think that any even possibly negative comment about the company must mean that the company, the game, and the world are under assault and need to be defended at all costs. This thread is actually a prime example. A few very reasonable voices have acknowledged the technical correctness, but than proceeded to refocus the response to explain why there are better descriptions. Most, however, seem bound and determined to yell out anybody who dare to suggest that the term may not be entirely inaccurate. I understand why so many have that sharp of an automatic response, and tend to dislike those who forced that hyperdefensive position, but that doesn't make the conversations any more pleasant, and it doesn't encourage me, as someone still very much sitting on the fence, to really learn more about the system because there is so much negative noise being generated around it by both sides. [/QUOTE]
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