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GNS is about characterising play, and the suitability of RPGs for various sorts of play. Whether you think the three categories are...

I think that 4e D&D is a variant of D&D. And "fail forward" is a key idea in 4e D&D, especially skill challenge resolution. And Burning...

No one thinks that. That's why it's not a part of anyone's RPGing. It doesn't. "Played a roll in determining" and "decide" are not...

That was the point of my post. Which, again, was in reply to @clearstream.

And "don't be a weasel" comes from Mouse Guard. And is also affirmed in the BW Adventure Burner. There is a degree of...

We could classify the trad GM’s process as quantum as well. That until he writes that the Amulet of Agonar is in the chest in Room 8, it...

But why would I take an action that violated the game I was running? Don't you think it's more likely that I'm running the game such...

I read it again. Here's what you said: Take a look at the bolded. Note that the italics on the word "characters" was yours. That's...

Sure. Know what I've never done? Expressed that my opinion is that your GMing is poor. It's crap and if anyone of the narrativists...

Right. This is the whole point of the MHRP resolution engine: the player never has to leave actor stance.

Yeah, the little "Imo" at the end doesn't really do much. "In my opinion, your way of doing things is poor DMing" isn't much better...

But this makes everything that is unknown "quantum superposition"! Which is not what quantum superposition is. I mean, I don't know -...

Why does the testimony of @Firebird outweigh that of @AbdulAlhazred, or any other poster in this thread, as to what is "likely"? No...

Sure, I'm not disagreeing with that. But with the wider implication that this is all that's always needed, and is always provided. No...

I don't think it's all that important a distinction, but for me it's about who determines the premises we're exploring through play...