EmperorNorton
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I'm just saying that there is a hell of a lot of derision towards other playstyles. Even on this site, where people come from a lot of different backgrounds and opinions on games, you can look around and see posts, probably posts even from today, that boil down to "Those Darn Kids" (I mean, look at the D&D question thread on CR.
And usually the "those darn kids" attitudes don't even actually ADDRESS what the person is saying, but some preconceived notion or exaggeration that is wholly madeup in the head of the person who is criticizing.
Everyone wants to pretend their biases aren't part of the problem, but I find 99% of the time when there is a style conflict between two gamers, both sides are generally reasonable, they just want different things. And then both sides will go back to their own camps and act like the other person is crazy/horrible/entitled/etc.
And usually the "those darn kids" attitudes don't even actually ADDRESS what the person is saying, but some preconceived notion or exaggeration that is wholly madeup in the head of the person who is criticizing.
Everyone wants to pretend their biases aren't part of the problem, but I find 99% of the time when there is a style conflict between two gamers, both sides are generally reasonable, they just want different things. And then both sides will go back to their own camps and act like the other person is crazy/horrible/entitled/etc.