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IMHO, four pages of rules doesn't meant that the game is easier to GM. My interest remains dead.

I think you can biased against something and still accurately classify it. Like, I assume the bulk of FBI profilers are anti-serial...

I like heuristic, too. From upthread, I said "By mechanics I mean The specifics of which differ per game, such as trinary versus...

I'm perfectly fine with this for actual high level characters, which I see as mythical heroes, though I think we reach "cannot be killed...

Sure. That just puts us in “should the rules flow from our implicit understanding of setting, genre, and tropes, or should the setting...

Yes, but everyone is not Bloodtide. I'm afraid if you want me to consider him a normal poster, that's going to be a hard sell.

I think it's pretty rarely "done right", so that's probably why I have a difference of opinion. The most common occurrence, and I think...

Or change the fiction such that within the world, everyone knows it takes a lot of hits to take a high-level character down.

I agree that overly detailed PC building and overly detailed setting building are two sides of the same coin. They demonstrate that the...

Exactly. I see this as precisely, 1:1 identical to a player building their SUPER AWESOME AMAZING character, with 50,000 words of...

I like “heuristic”, but I’m open to workshop it. :) I just think “mechanic” isn’t the correct term because if you said “I like FKR...

I can’t speak for @EzekielRaiden, although I think we share similar sentiments on this issue. My take is that generally a GM shouldn’t...

I will agree that position has been expressed. I'm not convinced its real. I personally think Bloodtide's postings are mostly schtick.

Agreed. As an example mentioned in this thread, FKR play would generally be defined under the “simulation” label but certainly doesn’t...

So, with respect, simulation in general does not require that association. That association is specific to what is usually called...