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Player agency isn't a feeling. Player agency isn't subjective.

And if your core priority is "simulating real life" rather than "rolling when stakes are raised", it would make sense to do so...

Nobody is following you around and making these analyses. You're choosing to engage. And it absolutely is a good faith discussion...

I never said you lied. I'm just saying that if @pemerton's posts don't seem clear to you, that's a "you" thing, not an "unclear post"...

I'm saying "if you say X, it seems like you have blinders". It's not an accusation, it's a description of how words come across in...

In a stunning turn of events, the Void Engineers were kicked out of the Technocracy, and the Virtual Adepts were welcomed back. The VE...

I think your ability to decide what your characters says and does should absolutely be considered part of agency. I also think the...

Since your play seems to operate under blorb-like principles, and you communicated to the player in the metagame that his choice would...

Yes. If you're describing RPG play in a more technical space like this thread, that's exactly how you should describe things. Because...

Stating "you don't have as much agency as you might think you have" isn't diminishing your agency; it simply makes you feel as though...

I'll be honest, if you can't understand @pemerton's posts, that's a "you" thing. Everything in @pemerton's posts here I've seen is laid...

My observation that fictional things don't have real world effects is simply that effects in the real world have real causes. And...

This is why, in talking about Burning Wheel, I've been focusing on the most important rules of the game: the statements of role and...

Which is fine, but having perfect control over mental state doesn't seem to enhance immersion, like at all. It feels more like a...

Why is my emotional state more important, to agency, than that I kill the Orc? Of course a game that foregrounds one, rather than the...