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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3699472" data-attributes="member: 22882">I don't really think so.Gamist does.&nbsp; Rolist seems to be another word for 'Immersionist' and either doesn't cover either 'Narrativist' or 'Simulationist' (either type) or is too vague to be useful.&nbsp; It's also confusing because it could be construed as 'Roll-ist.'To a system matters person, a good game will have a Gamist playing his role if that's what the game wants to encourage.&nbsp; If playing his role causes him to 'win,' that's how the Gamist will play it.&nbsp; The other way to look at it, however, is that a good game with a 'Rolist' stance is one where a 'Rolist' player is 'gaming the system' by virtue of doing what he already does.Ultimately, the two are not really a continuum because they are not at opposite ends of a spectrum, and therefore can't meaningfully be laid out this way.&nbsp; A person may have a strong interest in one or the other without having strong opposition to the 'opposite,' for example.&nbsp; You can't place, say, Wargaming and Improv Theater on extreme ends of a spectrum - the two activities are not connected in any way, and RPGs aren't really a midpoint between them, despite the traditional RPG partaking of elements of both.&nbsp; It's very possible that a person will be in an improv theater group on Saturday afternoon, then play Warhammer at the hobby shop on Sunday, because the two interests are neither mutually exclusive nor really related to each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3699472, member: 22882"] I don't really think so. Gamist does. Rolist seems to be another word for 'Immersionist' and either doesn't cover either 'Narrativist' or 'Simulationist' (either type) or is too vague to be useful. It's also confusing because it could be construed as 'Roll-ist.' To a system matters person, a good game will have a Gamist playing his role if that's what the game wants to encourage. If playing his role causes him to 'win,' that's how the Gamist will play it. The other way to look at it, however, is that a good game with a 'Rolist' stance is one where a 'Rolist' player is 'gaming the system' by virtue of doing what he already does. Ultimately, the two are not really a continuum because they are not at opposite ends of a spectrum, and therefore can't meaningfully be laid out this way. A person may have a strong interest in one or the other without having strong opposition to the 'opposite,' for example. You can't place, say, Wargaming and Improv Theater on extreme ends of a spectrum - the two activities are not connected in any way, and RPGs aren't really a midpoint between them, despite the traditional RPG partaking of elements of both. It's very possible that a person will be in an improv theater group on Saturday afternoon, then play Warhammer at the hobby shop on Sunday, because the two interests are neither mutually exclusive nor really related to each other. [/QUOTE]

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