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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5179993" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>Another point, considering whether or not statements made about gaming can be more or less plausible.</p><p></p><p>Imagine that I make all of the following statements. Which of them do you find plausible? Which do you find provisionally plausible? Which do you not find plausible at all?</p><p></p><p>Please keep in mind that I am referring to these statements, if made as part of a post about gaming, and if made by myself, Raven Crowking. (The same statement made by another poster may be more, or less, plausible, IMHO, depending upon the poster in question.)</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">1. In my experience, some players like to play human characters, and some do not.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2. I have never seen a player play a human character.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3. IME, good prepwork leads to good GMing, although I have known GMs who do run amazing games without doing any prep.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">4. I run amazing games without doing any prep.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">5. In my experience, and IMHO, fudging is beneficial to the game.</p><p></p><p>If you are capable of differentiating levels of plausibility between these statements, how did you do so?</p><p></p><p>I would submit that you did so on the basis of what you know about me, personally, through my posts, combined with what your experience of gaming is. If you have some other method, I would love to hear about it. After all, if it is a workable method, you will have attained something no one else has throughout all of history, and we would probably all like to share!</p><p></p><p>Or must you throw up your hands in despair, because you are unable to tell which statements you find the most and least plausible?</p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5179993, member: 18280"] Another point, considering whether or not statements made about gaming can be more or less plausible. Imagine that I make all of the following statements. Which of them do you find plausible? Which do you find provisionally plausible? Which do you not find plausible at all? Please keep in mind that I am referring to these statements, if made as part of a post about gaming, and if made by myself, Raven Crowking. (The same statement made by another poster may be more, or less, plausible, IMHO, depending upon the poster in question.) [indent]1. In my experience, some players like to play human characters, and some do not. 2. I have never seen a player play a human character. 3. IME, good prepwork leads to good GMing, although I have known GMs who do run amazing games without doing any prep. 4. I run amazing games without doing any prep. 5. In my experience, and IMHO, fudging is beneficial to the game.[/indent] If you are capable of differentiating levels of plausibility between these statements, how did you do so? I would submit that you did so on the basis of what you know about me, personally, through my posts, combined with what your experience of gaming is. If you have some other method, I would love to hear about it. After all, if it is a workable method, you will have attained something no one else has throughout all of history, and we would probably all like to share! Or must you throw up your hands in despair, because you are unable to tell which statements you find the most and least plausible? RC [/QUOTE]
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