Culture Wars or Communication Break down

Is that really what we're in for gaming? Is what jhkimrpg talks about, or what peaseblossom makes reference too, really indicative of culture war or communication issues? Whats the break point? Is this going to continue to get worse (as it has in a lot of other places) and if so is it truly the internet's fault?

I'd like to be more optimistic personally. I personally see a lot of the stuff that folks like ozarque have written about (and I need to get her book out from the library and reread it again).

And if there is a culture war where do I fall? I'm not a Forge-adherent, I don't do D&D, I'm not really a WoD type. Where do I fall? This is actually a big issue for me as I've said elsewhere I'm earnestly looking for good community space to discuss the stuff that is important for me in gaming. And I find myself feeling mooe and mroe that I have to go local face-to-face again for my theory discussions (which ahs its own negatives, not least of which is scheduling).

I do know this is taking up a lot of my thought space and that peaseblossom and I seem to be discussing it a lot lately.

For Want of a Nail, an Infinite Worlds/Alternate History lexicon

But your creating Fancy, thought it fit
To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit.
Your Blazing-world, beyond the Stars mounts higher,
Enlightens all with a Celestial Fire.

—The Duke of Newcastle, upon the publication of his wife Margaret's The Blazing World (1666), arguably the first alternate reality story in the English language.

In this Lexicon the players will take on the role of an individual associated with the concept of alternate/parallel worlds in a cross-time milieu. The game will be played in 9 turns, each based on a range of breakpoints, moving backwards in time. The turns will consist of the following eras:
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