Expressing your anger with surf wax on a sidewalk is the equivalent of writing "4e sucks!" or "There is no renaissance, you OSR fossils!" on a blog or web forum. Every hobby has its flamewars, I guess.
Amen to that. I will never understand the vitriol poured out in the name of Edition. There are some editions I do not favor as there are some games out there I do not favor. I do NOT, however, seek out people who play those editions or games and provoke them by jabbing them in the eye with a sharp stick. I have only voiced my displeasure with some of these things on my own blog, on my own porch so to speak.
Here in Detroit we have no surfboards, but I see guys driving Ford trucks with a sticker of a little dude peeing on a Chevy logo and guys driving Chevy trucks with a sticker of a little dude pissing on a Ford logo. I'd be tempted to change 'Longboards' to 'Longbeards' so people would think it was against ZZ Top and Gandalf.
This gives me a funny thought though. What if we were to take on an argument popular with the "locals only" surf crowd with respect to the limited number of good sets that a beach will see on any given day and apply this logic to the edition wars.
"There will only be a limited number of playable campaigns in a gamer's life, why waste them on inferior editions"
Whenever I'm in the water and some guy apologizes for dropping in on me, I always say, "Man, don't sweat it. It's not like I'm carving any masterpieces out here."
Which is to say, "I don't care if you think Labyrinth Lord is dumb. At the end of the day we're all just a bunch of grown men pretending to be elves in an imaginary forest."
Amen to that. I will never understand the vitriol poured out in the name of Edition. There are some editions I do not favor as there are some games out there I do not favor. I do NOT, however, seek out people who play those editions or games and provoke them by jabbing them in the eye with a sharp stick. I have only voiced my displeasure with some of these things on my own blog, on my own porch so to speak.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I started Loviatar was to keep myself from running off at the mouth, er, blog.
DeleteWhat's their problem with longboards?? Are these locals pissy if anyone skates on their turf?
ReplyDeleteI think they are pkay with the skateboard variety of longboards. They just aggro at the 9'2" dinner tables that some dudes paddle out on. ;)
DeleteSounds like board envy to me.
ReplyDeleteHa! Totally.
DeleteAstute judgement that, everything has its own flame war.
ReplyDeleteIt's so true. You even see that with food on sites like Chowhound. People get pretty uptight.
DeleteThis makes me wonder if tarp surfers get stick, too.
ReplyDeleteTarp surfing is so rad. Man, I love those videos!
Delete... But a tarp surfing wipeout is a horrific thing to behold! ;>
DeleteDAMN THOSE KOOKS!!! lol. Thanks for that hex pdf!
ReplyDeleteHere in Detroit we have no surfboards, but I see guys driving Ford trucks with a sticker of a little dude peeing on a Chevy logo and guys driving Chevy trucks with a sticker of a little dude pissing on a Ford logo.
ReplyDeleteI'd be tempted to change 'Longboards' to 'Longbeards' so people would think it was against ZZ Top and Gandalf.
I like that. Ever since Gandalf wasted that balrog, he thinks he's all that, taking all the best waves and dropping in on everyone.
DeleteThis gives me a funny thought though. What if we were to take on an argument popular with the "locals only" surf crowd with respect to the limited number of good sets that a beach will see on any given day and apply this logic to the edition wars.
ReplyDelete"There will only be a limited number of playable campaigns in a gamer's life, why waste them on inferior editions"
/sarcasm
;)
You make a good point!
DeleteWhenever I'm in the water and some guy apologizes for dropping in on me, I always say, "Man, don't sweat it. It's not like I'm carving any masterpieces out here."
Which is to say, "I don't care if you think Labyrinth Lord is dumb. At the end of the day we're all just a bunch of grown men pretending to be elves in an imaginary forest."