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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3677742" data-attributes="member: 22779">RC, you neatly ducked my comment without dealing with it, so let's try again.Is Madden real football?&nbsp; No of course not.&nbsp; We'll all agree to that.&nbsp; It is a simulation of a football game.Is playing Dungeons and Dragons really living in a fantasy world?&nbsp; No, (certain movies aside) of course not.&nbsp; We'll all (I hope) agree to that.&nbsp; It is a simulation of living in a fantasy world.Is playing Baldur's Gate really playing Dungeons and Dragons?&nbsp; No, of course not.&nbsp; There are any number of differences, despite BG using a number of rules from D&amp;D.&nbsp; It is a simulation of living in a fantasy world.What BG is not is a simulation of playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; No CRPG is a simulation of playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; They are all simulations of living in a fantasy world.&nbsp; One does not need to simulate playing an TRPG in order to play an RPG.&nbsp; Tabletop RPG's do not have some sort of monopoly on role play.&nbsp; One can role play in a rather large number of ways.&nbsp; Just as flicking a paper ball is a simulation of playing football, it is also not a simulation of playing Madden Football.&nbsp; However, a to be a simulation of playing football does not require simulating playing Madden Football.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3677742, member: 22779"] RC, you neatly ducked my comment without dealing with it, so let's try again. Is Madden real football? No of course not. We'll all agree to that. It is a simulation of a football game. Is playing Dungeons and Dragons really living in a fantasy world? No, (certain movies aside) of course not. We'll all (I hope) agree to that. It is a simulation of living in a fantasy world. Is playing Baldur's Gate really playing Dungeons and Dragons? No, of course not. There are any number of differences, despite BG using a number of rules from D&D. It is a simulation of living in a fantasy world. What BG is not is a simulation of playing D&D. No CRPG is a simulation of [u]playing[/u] D&D. They are all simulations of living in a fantasy world. One does not need to simulate playing an TRPG in order to play an RPG. Tabletop RPG's do not have some sort of monopoly on role play. One can role play in a rather large number of ways. Just as flicking a paper ball is a simulation of playing football, it is also not a simulation of playing Madden Football. However, a to be a simulation of playing football does not require simulating playing Madden Football. [/QUOTE]

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