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I'll try this one more time: in my view, this isn't protecting against intentions; its protecting against judgment. And I do, indeed...

Sure, but just about every game has such outlines. It's more a question of how and when are they determined. For me... even when I play...

Do you think that's the primary purpose of guardrails on a road? If so, you're mistaken; the primary purpose is to reduce damage when...

If you don't view having a traditional monogamous long-term marriage as being temperamentally "conservative", then I agree that we're...

Sure, but they aren't being used to protect anyone from malevolent actions. They are there to prevent someone from tripping and falling...

Considering "guardrails" generally exist in the real world to prevent people from having accidents, that doesn't seem correct to me.

Unfortunately, the hobby is full of people who have been taught to either be defensive about that being done or outright offended. I'd...

Again, this isn't about people who are deliberately using power against players; its about people who make mistakes and aren't good...

I don't see anything wrong with assuming a correlation, especially one that tracks with my observed experience. (And, to be clear, I'm...

So two things on this. First... the need to determine all that ahead of time... that's what's creating the need for you to think so...

And all I'm arguing is that every time you put something into the game that's not changeable by the game's resolution method, you weaken...

But what kind of game doesn't have that expectation? That things make sense within the context of the game world? This is why I think...

Yes? If your attitude is "I know what I like, and I don't need to try other things because I already know I like this way", then I...

Yes, I understand that. My point is that when he makes that choice, he knows he is denying the player the information. Whether that's...

I've been trying to avoid words like "wrong" because I don't really think there's a wrong way to play if everyone involved is on board...