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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9240312" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Your ridiculous hyperbole does you no favors.It turns out that, while each individual person is distinct, overall experiences are in fact very similar in many ways. It turns out that, while the fine details are almost always totally unique, the broad strokes are in fact the same for large swathes of people. It turns out that, while the precise, millimeter-by-millimeter trajectory won't ever match, the mile-by-mile trajectory is often indistinguishable, at least with a large chunk of others' experiences.And mile-by-mile stuff is where the games' rules live. If they're well-made, anyway. You design the rules for the stuff most people are reasonably likely to encounter, or that when encountered would really benefit from having a pre-established method. If people still run into situations that weren't foreseeable, then yes, it's up to them to figure that out, that's how every open-ended game works, period.Pretending that there are absolutely no commonalities between ANY two games EVER is possibly the most ridiculous hyperbole I've ever seen on this board. Or, if you prefer the Bard's way of putting it: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that."</blockquote>