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In my personal opinion, I liken this whole situation regarding the LGBT LS and why it's wanted - with no ill-will towards either side - to having an LS for Magic the Gathering.
Wait, come back, it'll make sense.
Not everyone plays Magic or understands the rule set. They don't know what the stack is or how it resolves, or what "Counterspell on a Stick" or "Fling on Legs" means. They don't get what the symbols mean, or what a mill or stax or "esper control" deck is.
In the Magic LS, you can talk about the deck you've made - the new cards and how they synergize with this Enchantment or Creature card you're already using. You can talk about how you shut down that lifegain deck with a well-placed False Cure. Or used Repay in Kind to drop everyone's life to one and then did a one-mana Exsanguinate.
In this LS, people would understand what you're talking about. They can share similar stories, and you can revel in that kinship. You can offer deck-building advice and point out cards that you've used that helped in similar situations, you can mention conventions and tournaments that are coming up that you might want to go to. And you don't have to worry about being called out for putting too much thought into the game or wasting your money on colorful little pieces of cardboard.
It doesn't divide the culture into the MtG-Players and the Not. The MtGers can still go and hang out with their friends and talk about Scrabble or Yu-Gi-Oh or even stuff they're doing in FFXIV! And there's nothing keeping the non-MtG Players from joining this LS... beyond the fact that I'm pretty sure they'll be mostly in the dark in regards to deciding whether to keep someone's artifact Commander deck colorless or use that new red Plainswalker that came out a few months back. But that doesn't mean they can't join and can't use it as a place of learning - so they can offer advice to others even if they never pick up the game itself.
It's simply a place for like minds to speak about like circumstances, like histories, and offer support and advice from a like mindset. There is a chance for it to become an echo-chamber or a place of hatred for YGO players, but that could happen in any LS. This is what I'm seeing with the LGBT LS idea - it's just that the thread that binds them is under a lot of heat in society. Much more than which card game you play.
Wait, come back, it'll make sense.
Not everyone plays Magic or understands the rule set. They don't know what the stack is or how it resolves, or what "Counterspell on a Stick" or "Fling on Legs" means. They don't get what the symbols mean, or what a mill or stax or "esper control" deck is.
In the Magic LS, you can talk about the deck you've made - the new cards and how they synergize with this Enchantment or Creature card you're already using. You can talk about how you shut down that lifegain deck with a well-placed False Cure. Or used Repay in Kind to drop everyone's life to one and then did a one-mana Exsanguinate.
In this LS, people would understand what you're talking about. They can share similar stories, and you can revel in that kinship. You can offer deck-building advice and point out cards that you've used that helped in similar situations, you can mention conventions and tournaments that are coming up that you might want to go to. And you don't have to worry about being called out for putting too much thought into the game or wasting your money on colorful little pieces of cardboard.
It doesn't divide the culture into the MtG-Players and the Not. The MtGers can still go and hang out with their friends and talk about Scrabble or Yu-Gi-Oh or even stuff they're doing in FFXIV! And there's nothing keeping the non-MtG Players from joining this LS... beyond the fact that I'm pretty sure they'll be mostly in the dark in regards to deciding whether to keep someone's artifact Commander deck colorless or use that new red Plainswalker that came out a few months back. But that doesn't mean they can't join and can't use it as a place of learning - so they can offer advice to others even if they never pick up the game itself.
It's simply a place for like minds to speak about like circumstances, like histories, and offer support and advice from a like mindset. There is a chance for it to become an echo-chamber or a place of hatred for YGO players, but that could happen in any LS. This is what I'm seeing with the LGBT LS idea - it's just that the thread that binds them is under a lot of heat in society. Much more than which card game you play.
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