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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8165888" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Oh I have no problem with the term as a reference to the role of the GM that involves interpreting the rules. I get its use, and I'd probably use it for ease of reference in conversation.But I think the more important question here is &quot;What does 'fair' mean for a RPG?&quot; and &quot;How is what's fair different for a RPG when compared to sports or other activities?&quot;So to kind of put that in context.....yes, an umpire in baseball calls balls and strikes for batters on the same team, and we'd hope that his judgment is applied consistently from batter to batter. But more importantly, more crucially, he's also calling balls and strikes for the opposing team's batters. This is where being fair truly matters. Removing the opposition from the situation, and that really shifts the idea of &quot;fair&quot;, doesn't it? What does it mean to be fair to participants in an activity who are all on the same team? Does being fair stop meaning the same thing as being consistent, and instead mean offering each participant the means to succeed? Does it become &quot;unfair&quot; to lean toward an individual player's strengths to give them a chance to succeed? If so, unfair to whom?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 8165888, member: 6785785"] Oh I have no problem with the term as a reference to the role of the GM that involves interpreting the rules. I get its use, and I'd probably use it for ease of reference in conversation. But I think the more important question here is "What does 'fair' mean for a RPG?" and "How is what's fair different for a RPG when compared to sports or other activities?" So to kind of put that in context.....yes, an umpire in baseball calls balls and strikes for batters on the same team, and we'd hope that his judgment is applied consistently from batter to batter. But more importantly, more crucially, he's also calling balls and strikes for the opposing team's batters. This is where being fair truly matters. Removing the opposition from the situation, and that really shifts the idea of "fair", doesn't it? What does it mean to be fair to participants in an activity who are all on the same team? Does being fair stop meaning the same thing as being consistent, and instead mean offering each participant the means to succeed? Does it become "unfair" to lean toward an individual player's strengths to give them a chance to succeed? If so, unfair to whom? [/QUOTE]

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