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Things worth getting offended over:
1.) Racial-based harrassment/discrimination
2.) Gender-based harrassment/discrimination
3.) Sexual-orientation or gender identity-based harrassment/discrimination
4.) Religious faith-based harrassment/discrimination
Things not worth getting offended over:
1.) Criticism of gaming styles.
Seriously, are we all so thin-skinned we cannot rib one another over roleplayers versus optimizers versus casuals versus whatever? It's a game. /endrant
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Its because the boards seem to represent an extremist view on many topics that dont seem to be an actual issue in real game play.
Example all the fighter/rogue/ insert class here sucks threads. Ive never personally run into an issue with any of the above in any game that wasnt a result of the player. Ive never been in a game where my rogue was useless because the wizard had devoted 90% of his resources to being a better thief etc. And as far as PFS goes im pretty sure you can play to retirement without ever having an issue.
However, the Boards present an extreme sense of the sky is falling. This creates a sense of conflict.
In the case of optimization vs casual. This usuall comes up and is a conflict point because it represents a class of play styles. Now as a theoretical point there is no reason to argue over this. However, in actual play it means someone may not be having fun.
At the end of the day its all understanding group paradigm, which admtedly for PFS with different players alot of the time might be an issue.
Things worth getting offended over:
1.) Racial-based harrassment/discrimination
2.) Gender-based harrassment/discrimination
3.) Sexual-orientation or gender identity-based harrassment/discrimination
4.) Religious faith-based harrassment/discriminationThings not worth getting offended over:
1.) Criticism of gaming styles.
Seriously, are we all so thin-skinned we cannot rib one another over roleplayers versus optimizers versus casuals versus whatever? It's a game. /endrant
Yes and no.
"It's a game" gets tossed around a lot and it is true, it is a game. So is football and the other football, and people burn cars and tear down city blocks and stadiums over these games. So there's that.
Second, it's the Internet. People will argue over anything because they are bored or between things at work or whatever, and their opinion is IMPORTANT! I doubt many of the views used are even strongly held, but they are a way of making points against that other person who got you on the last thread, the dirty so and so.
It is even possible, face to face or on the boards, to get offended and not say anything, or not get offended by someone trolling or trying to stir the pot and just go on to the next thread. Everything posted is someone's opinion, and if they have 1 post or eleventy million, it's still just an opinion and worth as much as you feel like attributing to it.
My advice in most of this is "go play".
