8th May 2004, 7:36 PM
Why are you still debating this? I never intended to convince you you are WRONG, but you really seem to think that's what I'm doing. Let me spell it out for you. I am NOT OB1.
Um, that's exactly my point there. I'm not trying to say you are wrong, or your thinking is wrong, or that I even think your thinking is wrong! I see exactly why you enjoy that stuff, and I don't mean in any way to imply it's stupid or wrong to think it. I know, you're used to OB1 doing stuff like that, but I am not doing that stuff to you here. I really AM saying your opinion is perfectly valid. I myself am ONLY saying why I don't like it. I'm not trying to convince you my opinion is the right one here, or anyone for that matter. I'm just giving my view on it.
Just to make it clear, the average may be 7, but that's not what I get. I'll get a battle where I get nothing but 2's, and then a battle with nothing but 14's. I almost never get a battle that actually mixes everything up perfectly near the start. Later, when the difference really doesn't matter, that doensn't happen any more. Again, I fully understand that you are the sort of person that enjoys playing with variables, the idea of trying to analyze what gives you the best chance of success. I can see how that can be fun, I really can. That's just not what entertains me.
Now, I already explained my view, and I'm not trying to convince you here. I didn't attack your view either, nor am I saying "you can think that" in a demeaning way because I DO respect your opinion. Mine just differs. Let's just leave it at that, okay? I let you think what you will about Zelda despite my being able to enjoy it, so why not let me think what I want about this d20 thing despite your being able to enjoy it?
Quote:Oh, just say 'oh fine your statement's fine even though I think it's totally wrong'? Umm...
Um, that's exactly my point there. I'm not trying to say you are wrong, or your thinking is wrong, or that I even think your thinking is wrong! I see exactly why you enjoy that stuff, and I don't mean in any way to imply it's stupid or wrong to think it. I know, you're used to OB1 doing stuff like that, but I am not doing that stuff to you here. I really AM saying your opinion is perfectly valid. I myself am ONLY saying why I don't like it. I'm not trying to convince you my opinion is the right one here, or anyone for that matter. I'm just giving my view on it.
Just to make it clear, the average may be 7, but that's not what I get. I'll get a battle where I get nothing but 2's, and then a battle with nothing but 14's. I almost never get a battle that actually mixes everything up perfectly near the start. Later, when the difference really doesn't matter, that doensn't happen any more. Again, I fully understand that you are the sort of person that enjoys playing with variables, the idea of trying to analyze what gives you the best chance of success. I can see how that can be fun, I really can. That's just not what entertains me.
Now, I already explained my view, and I'm not trying to convince you here. I didn't attack your view either, nor am I saying "you can think that" in a demeaning way because I DO respect your opinion. Mine just differs. Let's just leave it at that, okay? I let you think what you will about Zelda despite my being able to enjoy it, so why not let me think what I want about this d20 thing despite your being able to enjoy it?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)