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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5439149" data-attributes="member: 957">I don't think so.First I'll get the anecdote out of the way....IME, people I've met offline are far more likely to clearly favor one or the other.&nbsp; (with 3E winning the nose count)But, I also think that makes sense.&nbsp; This online community is biased much more toward people for whom gaming is fairly significant.&nbsp; Yes, there are exceptions both ways, but people who spend time places like this are more &quot;serious&quot; vs. &quot;causal&quot; players who don't bother with places like this.The casual players are a lot less likely to play in a bunch of games.&nbsp; Not so much because of any lack of tolerance, but moreso because of the level of general investment.&nbsp; However, hand in hand with being more invested, those of us online who have a distinct preference feel much more strongly about it.An non-onliner who plays one game is generally going to take the position of &quot;I prefer this one.&quot; and move on.&nbsp; An online person is more likely to be in the &quot;my game rocks and your sucks&quot; group.So you have more division offline.&nbsp; But a notably less passionate division.Again, I don't doubt there are numerous exceptions.&nbsp; But, they are exceptions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5439149, member: 957"] I don't think so. First I'll get the anecdote out of the way.... IME, people I've met offline are far more likely to clearly favor one or the other. (with 3E winning the nose count) But, I also think that makes sense. This online community is biased much more toward people for whom gaming is fairly significant. Yes, there are exceptions both ways, but people who spend time places like this are more "serious" vs. "causal" players who don't bother with places like this. The casual players are a lot less likely to play in a bunch of games. Not so much because of any lack of tolerance, but moreso because of the level of general investment. However, hand in hand with being more invested, those of us online who have a distinct preference feel much more strongly about it. An non-onliner who plays one game is generally going to take the position of "I prefer this one." and move on. An online person is more likely to be in the "my game rocks and your sucks" group. So you have more division offline. But a notably less passionate division. Again, I don't doubt there are numerous exceptions. But, they are exceptions. [/QUOTE]

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