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It's half early designers falling into the trap of "if I play something similar to my game, it'll taint my vision" and gives them an excuse to stick with what they know
The other half is most of the fags who play said classics are either established or too autistic to go to meetups
I know the frustration though, I've made it a point to not even mention other titles until I clarify what their inspirations were. And at this point I keep musing just going more and more to solo because of slowly burning bridges with the former camp