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<blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6201171" data-attributes="member: 2303"><p>"With forge having camped some terms in common usage here at ENworld" means Forge terminology has defined the meaning of certain terms. If I use the word Simulationist and don't mean what Forge means with it, I am likely to be gainsaid just because either people assume I am using it in the Forge sense or because they think I ought to do so. The word "simulationist" has been appropriated as a Forge term and cannot be used outside of a Forge discussion without causing confusion. So I am trying to propose an alternative almost-synonym that does not carry the "baggage" of a defined Forge meaning.</p><p></p><p>I am not blaming Forge for "stealing" these words. Discussion requires defined terms. I am merely trying to define new terms for concepts that could be covered by the common meaning of the words Forge has given new, more concise meanings.</p><p></p><p>Do I believe I can make people here at ENworld use my new words? I think it is possible. Perhaps not immediately, but if a few of us start using these terms and other start to get their meaning-perhaps even referencing to a dictionary-I hope the words can get into circulation. If they serve a purpose in facilitating communication, they will get used-that is how languages develop. The word "gamey" was recently in a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?343224-Does-pathfinder-strike-anyone-as-too-gamey" target="_blank">long thread about Pathfinder</a>, and no-one objected or made snide remarks they way I think would have happened if the author of that thread had used the word "gamist".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starfox, post: 6201171, member: 2303"] "With forge having camped some terms in common usage here at ENworld" means Forge terminology has defined the meaning of certain terms. If I use the word Simulationist and don't mean what Forge means with it, I am likely to be gainsaid just because either people assume I am using it in the Forge sense or because they think I ought to do so. The word "simulationist" has been appropriated as a Forge term and cannot be used outside of a Forge discussion without causing confusion. So I am trying to propose an alternative almost-synonym that does not carry the "baggage" of a defined Forge meaning. I am not blaming Forge for "stealing" these words. Discussion requires defined terms. I am merely trying to define new terms for concepts that could be covered by the common meaning of the words Forge has given new, more concise meanings. Do I believe I can make people here at ENworld use my new words? I think it is possible. Perhaps not immediately, but if a few of us start using these terms and other start to get their meaning-perhaps even referencing to a dictionary-I hope the words can get into circulation. If they serve a purpose in facilitating communication, they will get used-that is how languages develop. The word "gamey" was recently in a [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?343224-Does-pathfinder-strike-anyone-as-too-gamey]long thread about Pathfinder[/url], and no-one objected or made snide remarks they way I think would have happened if the author of that thread had used the word "gamist". [/QUOTE]
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