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To me, this seems an extremely low threshold. For many things that a player has their PC do, there is a very wide range of possible...

In that case, they didn't win the argument!

So, in your game, there's likely a rule that says something in the neighborhood of, "When your character runs out of hit points, they...

You're just restating the rules of D&D, and similar games, as if they're universal. They're not. As has already been posted upthread...

I do find this emphasis on like "goodness of DM" really interesting. Especially since that's totally indefinable for a conventional...

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...

Can you imagine having your roleplay criticized by someone who doesn’t even know who Vincent Baker is?

Upthread you seemed hostile to "playing the GM". Here you seem to be advocating it! I'm not suggesting that you're hypocritical. But...

But let’s never forget that “achieve via smart decisions” means “convincing the DM that was a smart decision.”

It would be funny, except you are talking about a person with an extremely high set of standards for his role play, and who really does...

They're also what people like Baker are talking about.

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 find this characterization tellingly off. I have no end of tales of trad play consisting of GMs repeatedly imposing elements into play...

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...