Quoted from bigehrl:If one has to force themselves to play more of a game than they naturally feel compelled to, just so they can "learn" to like it, that defeats the entire purpose of playing to begin with, which is enjoy yourself and have fun.
You say this alot and I've never agreed with you on this. Whether it's pinball, a novel, or especially music, I find that first impressions are notorious for being inaccurate. And with people, maybe?
How many times have you heard a song or an album...especially by one of your favorite artists, (or an artst you can't stand?) and just cringed at how bad or lackluster it was? Then you find you can't get it out of your head. Then you hear something deeper in the song or the lyric, and you find it ingenious. Something good and worthwhile is often an acqired taste. You gotta give action to get action. That's why the concept of "good taste" exists...perhaps in conflict with the notion of everyone's opinion matters...or doesn't! LOL.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite lyrics from Matthew Sweet: "You come to love what you used to hate. You come to find what you threw away".
really, though, you just need to play more Sterns longer!