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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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He doesn't agree that they are disparaging terms - for instance,: the term “princess play” is not intended to be disparaging. I do not... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Vincent Baker is not especially casual. He's serious about game design. I don't see how that makes him elitist or condescending.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He's written the essay to praise simulationist play. He is showing that it is worthwhile, and that it doesn't need to be described in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, what would Vincent Baker know about designing RPGs? Much earlier in this thread we worked out that he's just some internet rando.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Since you didn't ask for one from Max, no, I will not provide one. The burden of proof belongs to those who levy the original...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you mean that Tuovinen has a sense of superiority about simulationist play, I think that's a bit unfair.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've noticed a distinct sense of superiority about "traditional GM" play, about "simulation", about a bunch of things in this thread...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You can call it a false equivalency all you like, that doesn't make it so. You have to actually show why it's a false equivalency if you...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No he's not! In the paragraph I quoted he (i) mentions Fate (a game which most naturally supports simulationist play) and (ii) expressly...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The idea that's it silly if a player establishes it, but perfectly reasonable if the GM establishes it, is to me a manifestation of an...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not calling you a hypocrite. I'm just expressing some incredulity at the apparent gap between what you say you prefer, and the RPG...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm telling you what actual goal he had, in the actual play of the game that I'm reporting on. There is no "simulation" to be broken. A...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It''s not a question of how much or how little time it takes. It's a question of the result. "Nothing happens" means that the game just...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Okay? Not sure what that has to do with what I said. This seems to imply that the world waits for the character to decide what to do...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Doing that action is quite literally choosing pacing over realism. Like that's the exact thing you're doing. "We know you'll succeed...