The thing is, as an MMO outsider, I can't tell what's part of standard MMO official practice and what's part of MMO culture. And either way, it's clearly jargon, which makes me feel like an outsider to this new form of D&D. And D&D is the one place where I've never felt like an outsider, so having that feeling is in fact a bit upsetting.
I should also note that I'm not a Magic: The Gathering insider, either. I tried to spend the 90's not getting hooked on the addictions that were eating my friends. You could say that D&D (as well as Mage) was my anti-drug. This is fueling some of my issues. I've been playing D&D instead of doing these other things, and now they're making D&D more like these other things?
I responded to some of this in lapak's journal, so there's a little more over there.
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Date: 2008-06-18 04:04 pm (UTC)I should also note that I'm not a Magic: The Gathering insider, either. I tried to spend the 90's not getting hooked on the addictions that were eating my friends. You could say that D&D (as well as Mage) was my anti-drug. This is fueling some of my issues. I've been playing D&D instead of doing these other things, and now they're making D&D more like these other things?
I responded to some of this in