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See, this is how all-or-nothing leads you wrong.

lol, yep, that was me. It would have been very unfortunate, but I wouldn't have prevented character death. They knew when they entered...

There are plenty of game elements that can be negative experiences, but the price of avoiding them completely is also a negative...

Sometimes they are mine. But I don't see much point in talking about ones that are idiosyncratic to me and not shared by a fair number...

Given I and the other poster had an exchange specifically about how its rarely or never set up to be all-or-nothing when using...

I'm discussing what I think serves the most players. That's what I usually do, and you know that by now but it seems to offend you.

Because I think its somewhat of a good idea, but I do not accept its an all-or-nothing situation, which seems to be what you're...

The question ends up being "How realistic?" "How simple?" and "What other elements are important while getting there?" Without...

Does design thought require actually following through, especially when its in the context of discussing what's good? Since when?

No, actually, @rmcoen did. I just agreed that its an unfortunate situation a lot of players dislike. The thing is, that can describe...

I don't disagree; that certainly is a problem that can happen. Admittedly a lot less frequently now that we have the internet and...

Because when I'm talking design, I'm not just talking about me, as I've told you many times by now. Most people talking design aren't...

Again, I don't think the idea that frequency matters should be hard to engage with.

Longer than that most days, I'd think, given the interim traffic once you get inside the basin.

I had a retired aunt and uncle who lived there--oh, damn, it'd had to have been 25-30 years ago now--and I can't say after visiting I'd...