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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7769099" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I think people are engaging the content of this article emotionally, rather than looking at the essence of what he is saying. People often make generalizations when contrasting styles, and there are a couple of notes in this piece I can see folks reacting negatively to, but for the most part he is encapsulating a pretty common approach to old school play (and listing off its advantages). As I said before, it isn't a zero sum game, old school and new school can sit side by side as options. But I do like the reliability of the tools afforded by the more old school approach, and I find much of the old school style fits what works for me at the table (often for the reasons the OP gives). Yes, this is presented as an opinion by the writer, but people are going to have opinions about different styles of play. I've seen countless negative opinions directed at old school play here. If he is being inaccurate, point it out. I'm certainly open to my own misunderstandings of new school play. A lot of this is just about what we perceive when we go into other forums, groups, etc. When I step away from my own table and go to more new school tables, many of the things the OP lists as differences, do jive with what I experience. I think he probably could have framed things a little more diplomatically, but again, gamers tend to have strong opinions about their preferences and they often get presented in those kinds of terms.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7769099, member: 85555"] I think people are engaging the content of this article emotionally, rather than looking at the essence of what he is saying. People often make generalizations when contrasting styles, and there are a couple of notes in this piece I can see folks reacting negatively to, but for the most part he is encapsulating a pretty common approach to old school play (and listing off its advantages). As I said before, it isn't a zero sum game, old school and new school can sit side by side as options. But I do like the reliability of the tools afforded by the more old school approach, and I find much of the old school style fits what works for me at the table (often for the reasons the OP gives). Yes, this is presented as an opinion by the writer, but people are going to have opinions about different styles of play. I've seen countless negative opinions directed at old school play here. If he is being inaccurate, point it out. I'm certainly open to my own misunderstandings of new school play. A lot of this is just about what we perceive when we go into other forums, groups, etc. When I step away from my own table and go to more new school tables, many of the things the OP lists as differences, do jive with what I experience. I think he probably could have framed things a little more diplomatically, but again, gamers tend to have strong opinions about their preferences and they often get presented in those kinds of terms. [/QUOTE]

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