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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4022596" data-attributes="member: 55846"><p>If I think about what critical threads devolve into unhelpful attacks and which result in interesting analysis, I would the difference is largely specificity.&nbsp; Criticisms that are broad and general almost never lead anywhere.&nbsp; Statements that 4e is &quot;Too Anime&quot; or &quot;Is Designed to be a MMORPG&quot; almost never result in good arguments on either side.&nbsp; There is simply not enough substance to the criticism for anything other than accusations of misunderstanding.&nbsp; The only exceptions to the above categories going astray are those in which the discussion was centered around specific examples.&nbsp; In terms of criticism, I wish much of it was far more specific as to which elements were under contention.&nbsp; And if we don't have enough information to cite these elements, then the conversation is so under-informed that the resulting discussion is likely to be vacuous, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 4022596, member: 55846"] If I think about what critical threads devolve into unhelpful attacks and which result in interesting analysis, I would the difference is largely specificity. Criticisms that are broad and general almost never lead anywhere. Statements that 4e is "Too Anime" or "Is Designed to be a MMORPG" almost never result in good arguments on either side. There is simply not enough substance to the criticism for anything other than accusations of misunderstanding. The only exceptions to the above categories going astray are those in which the discussion was centered around specific examples. In terms of criticism, I wish much of it was far more specific as to which elements were under contention. And if we don't have enough information to cite these elements, then the conversation is so under-informed that the resulting discussion is likely to be vacuous, IMO. [/QUOTE]

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