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<blockquote data-quote="Set" data-source="post: 3459136" data-attributes="member: 41584">My thought would be that he thinks of a 'world-building' mentality as being something like those obsessive people who can recite baseball statistics going back 40 years, or, to use a more locally-relevant comparison, those of us who were infamous for being able to quote chapter and verse of monster statistics, to the great annoyance of our DMs...&nbsp; Hence his reference to 'clomping nerdishness' or whatever.So really, if you have any interest in the setting of a story, say being one of those people who buys stuff like the Atlas of Pern, or enjoys the Forgotten Realms, or know far too much about the worlds of Star Wars or Star Trek, to the point of knowing what an 'Expanded Universe' is, or who Mara Jade is, or what the Prime Directive is all about, or, heaven forfend, watches the History Channel, then you are a 'clomping nerd' and deserving of the authors derision.'Cause that's what we *really* need more of, as fans of science fiction, fantasy and the gaming genre, yet another artificial divide to pit us against each other, as if any one of us were any more or less a 'nerd' or 'nerd' where even a valid insult in this day and age, when the highest grossing movies are about a nerd who was bitten by a bug and got super-powers and some sashaying pirates fighting magical cursed people on the open seas.Shyeah.&nbsp; Try harder, dude.&nbsp; Nerds are *in.*&nbsp; And even if we're not, you're totally preaching to the wrong target audience...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Set, post: 3459136, member: 41584"] My thought would be that he thinks of a 'world-building' mentality as being something like those obsessive people who can recite baseball statistics going back 40 years, or, to use a more locally-relevant comparison, those of us who were infamous for being able to quote chapter and verse of monster statistics, to the great annoyance of our DMs... Hence his reference to 'clomping nerdishness' or whatever. So really, if you have any interest in the setting of a story, say being one of those people who buys stuff like the Atlas of Pern, or enjoys the Forgotten Realms, or know far too much about the worlds of Star Wars or Star Trek, to the point of knowing what an 'Expanded Universe' is, or who Mara Jade is, or what the Prime Directive is all about, or, heaven forfend, watches the History Channel, then you are a 'clomping nerd' and deserving of the authors derision. 'Cause that's what we *really* need more of, as fans of science fiction, fantasy and the gaming genre, yet another artificial divide to pit us against each other, as if any one of us were any more or less a 'nerd' or 'nerd' where even a valid insult in this day and age, when the highest grossing movies are about a nerd who was bitten by a bug and got super-powers and some sashaying pirates fighting magical cursed people on the open seas. Shyeah. Try harder, dude. Nerds are *in.* And even if we're not, you're totally preaching to the wrong target audience... [/QUOTE]

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