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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4508700" data-attributes="member: 710">But I also wouldn't agree exactly with your points, either, even if I understand you better now (finally!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I think the big &quot;problem&quot; is in your critic at the above sentence is that you ignore the &quot;Game&quot; part. And that is important. In a way, the game is a &quot;qualifier&quot; changing what collaborative storytelling usually means. Collaborative storytelling alone wouldn't make an RPG, nor is an RPG just collaborative storytelling. It is a collaborative storytelling game. Roleplaying Games are not just role-playing, they are Roleplaying games.There are certain &quot;rules&quot; involved in how you do this collaborative storytelling. A player might get control about the game world beyond the scope of his character or not, but he only gets control in the context of the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4508700, member: 710"] But I also wouldn't agree exactly with your points, either, even if I understand you better now (finally!) ;) I think the big "problem" is in your critic at the above sentence is that you ignore the "Game" part. And that is important. In a way, the game is a "qualifier" changing what collaborative storytelling usually means. Collaborative storytelling alone wouldn't make an RPG, nor is an RPG just collaborative storytelling. It is a collaborative storytelling [I]game[/I]. Roleplaying Games are not just role-playing, they are Roleplaying [I]games[/I]. There are certain "rules" involved in how you do this collaborative storytelling. A player might get control about the game world beyond the scope of his character or not, but he only gets control in the context of the rules. [/QUOTE]

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