tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post7270400940511143314..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: What Is Old School?JimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-37666841889030027182009-05-28T09:00:42.463+03:002009-05-28T09:00:42.463+03:00Excuse the typos in my recent post. I will correct...Excuse the typos in my recent post. I will correct them in the 2E Monstrous version of my comments. My Prestige comments will be available with 3E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-63023712450211709152009-05-28T08:55:16.648+03:002009-05-28T08:55:16.648+03:00My friend and I both listen to jazz. He claims tha...My friend and I both listen to jazz. He claims that Kenny G. is a jazz artist; I beg to differ with him on this (actually, on this topic, I cry like a little girl while begging with him). "Jazz" has a generally accepted meaning but gets really fuzzy around the edges (just try using the term "smooth jazz" around serious jazz fanatics; it makes this old school debate look like puppies and sunsets). <br /><br />"Jazz" is useful; the little black signs--helpfully labeled "Jazz"--leads me to the Miles Davis CD that I might want to purchase. People I talk to understands what my meaning when I say "Jazz," even if my Kenny-G-loving friend and I differ about the particulars. I'm just not a fan of words like "indifferentism" (as used in the original blog). It is the sort of word fundamentalists use in derision of those they disagree with. No, let me correct that last sentence, as a fundamentalist in recovery, I can say that it is EXACTLY the the word they would use (along with Liberal, Crypo-Calvinist, Papist, and, my personal favorite, Enthusiast--only in religion can being an enthusiast be a bad thing). You can call me "indifferent," just don't call me an "Indifferentist." <br /><br />I wanted to put crotch-punching and Kenny G. in the same sentence, but I couldn't figure out how to do it (except there, in that last sentence).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-57166454984807301662009-05-25T20:58:13.204+03:002009-05-25T20:58:13.204+03:00I love the unending old school definition war! All...I love the unending old school definition war! All sorts of ideas and theories and opinions come flying out of the big dog pile of biting,clawing, crotch-punching gamers, and I can pick up the interesting ones and give them a good going over to see if they fit in my greater theory of stuff I like. <br />Fight on! you crazy bastards! Fight on!E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-52938897121894565242009-05-25T17:23:40.516+03:002009-05-25T17:23:40.516+03:00I agree with you that "Old School" isn&#...I agree with you that "Old School" isn't a subjective term, but an objective rational argument for why it's good (which seems to be what James M is calling for) is a hiding to nothing. You can't explain why bananas taste nice through appeal to reason, just like I can't explain why I enjoy AD&D more than 4e that way either.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-54005803237647625682009-05-25T16:49:51.325+03:002009-05-25T16:49:51.325+03:00About to post exactly the same point as Alex... bu...About to post exactly the same point as Alex... but he beat me to it. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-48250465771452766722009-05-25T11:48:58.335+03:002009-05-25T11:48:58.335+03:00Assuming that system matters (which I do), I think...Assuming that system matters (which I do), I think we're better of trying to figure out <A HREF="http://www.emacswiki.org/alex/2009-05-24_Old_School_Affordances" REL="nofollow">what particular kinds of play the system affords</A> and figuring out whether we agree. If we do that, we've also determined that we're using the right system for our particular preferences, and we can suggest the right system to people who tell us about their preferences.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.com