[Lord Twig]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

You are the one who is setting your style above others.

Actually, no, he is not. He is saying that a lot of people enjoy the tactical or mechanical side of RPGs and that it is no better or worse than the Role-Playing aspect.

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

You kept stating that combat is the primary goal and that not focusing on it (youtr style, apparently) does a disservice to most "end users".

Again, no, he did not say that combat was the primary goal, he said that "game designs that don't pay attention to that (combat) are serving most of their end users badly". Saying that you should not ignore combat is far different than saying that it is the primary goal.

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

I'm saying that there are other ways to approach situations in gaming besides fighting.

And as far as I can tell Nightshade is saying that it is perfectly fine to do so if that is what you want to do.

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

You're the one saying that RPGs should be devoted to combat, and that any other way is some sort of exception that won't work for most people.

He didn't say that RPGs should be devoted to combat. Where did he say that? He did say that RPGs that didn't focus on combat don't work for most people (but not all). Again that is different than saying that RPGs should be devoted to combat.

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

If that's what you think, why don't you just play D&D? Sounds to me like it has everything you desire. A game that based around combat, and play flows from one fight to the next, and better still is supported by the majority of gamers.

From what you have been stating, I don't see why you would want to play a game like RQ/BRP that wastes so much time and pages on things like skills, cults, and cultures, all of which detract from the thing that you hold above everything else, combat. Just think how much more fighting you'd get in an RPG with with a lot more "encounters" each session.

This is just being rude.

First, there is nothing wrong with D&D. I never liked AD&D 1st and 2nd edition, but found the update to 3rd to be a vast improvement. Others would disagree, that doesn't make anyone wrong. It just means we have different tastes.

Second, it seems you are implying that he should go play an inferior game (D&D) because he is not advanced enough to play RQ or BRP. Please correct me if I am wrong! But the tone I am getting from your post is not very polite.