Do any other old school gamers hate the term grognard?

MGibster

Legend

• Saturday at 10:47 PM

• #41

jdrakeh said:

I don't know if I'm old school enough to weigh in here (I wasn't introduced to D&D until the early 80s), but I'm not bothered by the term.

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I'm kind of in the same boat. I've been gaming since the Reagan administration, but I'm not what you call an old school player. I'd rather spend an afternoon delousing the feet of an entire hobbit village than some of the games I used to enjoy very much back in the day. I don't think of myself as a grognard, that's for people who are even older than I am, but I wouldn't be offended if someone called me that.

Come to think of it, I've never heard anyone use the word grognard in the real world. Only online.

 

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MacDhomnuill

Explorer

• Saturday at 10:49 PM

• #42

overgeeked said:

We need a hardcore revival of that, please.

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I agree. I miss the 90s gaming (both TTRPGs and Wargaming) were it was about having a good time and not the weird super competitive behavior I see way to often now.

 

billd91

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• Saturday at 11:31 PM

• #43

MacDhomnuill said:

I agree. I miss the 90s gaming (both TTRPGs and Wargaming) were it was about having a good time and not the weird super competitive behavior I see way to often now.

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There was plenty of super competitive behavior in the 80s and 90s as well. I don’t think it’s anything new to the hobby.

 

Starfox

Hero

• Yesterday at 1:08 AM

• #44

There is one blessing in not having English as native language. I only know the in-hobby use of "grognard". If it has bad connotations in common usage, I completely miss those.

 

CleverNickName

Limit Break Dancing (He/They)

• Yesterday at 1:24 AM

• #45

Like @Morrus said: if someone calls you a "grognard" on the Internet, it's not because of your age.

 

Scribe

Legend

• Yesterday at 3:05 AM

• #46

billd91 said:

There was plenty of super competitive behavior in the 80s and 90s as well. I don’t think it’s anything new to the hobby.

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Agreed, it comes from a far worse place than competitiveness.