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<blockquote data-quote="SabreCat" data-source="post: 4714965" data-attributes="member: 76245">I'm not denying that it's fine to talk about different styles of play to keep communication clear and prevent mistaken assumptions. It makes perfect sense to say &quot;GMless roleplaying&quot; and &quot;traditional roleplaying.&quot; I see them as subsets of the same kind of activity.&nbsp;Someone being denied the use of a particular term they identify with, on the other hand, feels like an attempt to marginalize and divide people as much as play styles. &quot;Do what you want, but it's not real roleplaying.&quot; Especially in a context like this, where this is specifically an RPG discussion site--since my game's a &quot;storytelling game,&quot; not a &quot;roleplaying game,&quot; should mention of it be shunted to an off-topic forum? Or yours, since you mentioned you've done such a design too?&nbsp;Labels and definitions are important to people; I can't give specific examples lest I tread on politics/religion territory, but one could probably think of a few.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SabreCat, post: 4714965, member: 76245"] I'm not denying that it's fine to talk about different styles of play to keep communication clear and prevent mistaken assumptions. It makes perfect sense to say "GMless roleplaying" and "traditional roleplaying." I see them as subsets of the same kind of activity. Someone being denied the use of a particular term they identify with, on the other hand, feels like an attempt to marginalize and divide people as much as play styles. "Do what you want, but it's not [I]real[/I] roleplaying." Especially in a context like this, where this is specifically an RPG discussion site--since my game's a "storytelling game," not a "roleplaying game," should mention of it be shunted to an off-topic forum? Or yours, since you mentioned you've done such a design too? Labels and definitions are important to people; I can't give specific examples lest I tread on politics/religion territory, but one could probably think of a few. [/QUOTE]

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