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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8696921" data-attributes="member: 762">People's opinions tend to drift to extremes when arguing on message boards. If nothing else, most (not all of course) people aren't going to spend 20 pages on a middle of the road position, they'd drift from the thread.Also, I think it's still a definitional issue - even after all these pages. I simply prefer railroading keep its negative connotation as a definition. Otherwise, the waters are just that much muddier as people argue &quot;good&quot; vs. &quot;bad&quot; railroading as opposed to the good vs. bad techniques involved themselves - and WHY some people have such a big issue (not that it's all THAT complicated - some people just place a very high value on player agency and consider any infringement verboten.)Me? I'm fine just having a good time, and I don't get to play (vs. DM) nearly enough - so just about ANY style is fine as long as it's entertaining. But I do prefer knowing what style I'm actually playing. And, despite a lot of naysaying in this thread, most of the various techniques used to railroad actually work fine when used out in the open and often actually work better since, out in the open, you are working WITH your players instead of against them (where against means trying to keep the techniques etc. hidden).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mort, post: 8696921, member: 762"] People's opinions tend to drift to extremes when arguing on message boards. If nothing else, most (not all of course) people aren't going to spend 20 pages on a middle of the road position, they'd drift from the thread. Also, I think it's still a definitional issue - even after all these pages. I simply prefer railroading keep its negative connotation as a definition. Otherwise, the waters are just that much muddier as people argue "good" vs. "bad" railroading as opposed to the good vs. bad techniques involved themselves - and WHY some people have such a big issue (not that it's all THAT complicated - some people just place a very high value on player agency and consider any infringement verboten.) Me? I'm fine just having a good time, and I don't get to play (vs. DM) nearly enough - so just about ANY style is fine as long as it's entertaining. But I do prefer knowing what style I'm actually playing. And, despite a lot of naysaying in this thread, most of the various techniques used to railroad actually work fine when used out in the open and often actually work better since, out in the open, you are working WITH your players instead of against them (where against means trying to keep the techniques etc. hidden). [/QUOTE]

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