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I said nothing about certainty. Consistently in what way? And how can you determine consistency if the process is unknown? These...

What does this mean? Consistently in what way? How do you know if it’s consistent if you aren’t aware of all the factors that play...

Clear point of delineation between viewpoints, then. If the DM is the final arbiter, you’re playing the DM. That’s the point of the game.

I don’t have a solution because there isn’t a problem. GM arbitrated games work, and in the hands of a proficient GM, can work well...

I'm not passing judgment on it. It's a matter of preference. Some games I play don't allow the GM that amount of authority (or at least...

Oh, I don't know what the specifics were... I just remember you talking about PCs going about a town and painting it or some such...

I don't think there's an ought here. I don't think there's a way role-playing games ought to be or a particular form the GM role should...

Do you mean like how failing in combat in D&D requires you to play your character as dead?

Please stop telling me what I like and dislike. I have told you repeatedly that I sometimes play games very much like the ones you're...

Upthread, didn't you say you want the GM's imaginative decision-making about the setting, and the outcomes of actions that take place...

There are sometimes limitations put on autonomy or carrots or sticks for particular actions, but these come as a consequence for...

Yes. That's the point, at least for me, in using that phrase.

Yes, in context of its potential impact on a larger view of play. Like when you consider all those kinds of things I mentioned in my...

Yes, I understand that. But, the way I see it, is that what you're arguing for allows for all those things I said. That all of that is...

Come on, Lanefan. You've been involved in these conversations for literally years. Have you really not realized by now that folks play...