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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7623746" data-attributes="member: 22779">Heh.&nbsp; When the premise of the thread is clearly stated, we actually get to discuss the issue rather than spend 15 pages debating what the conversation is actually about.&nbsp; So, for that, thank you [MENTION=85555]Bedrockgames[/MENTION].&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I'm pretty much in the &quot;it depends on the game&quot; camp.&nbsp; I generally find that word choice is going to be necessary as a DM/GM simply because it's virtually impossible to separate running a game from any level of performance.&nbsp; We always choose specific language to fit the game, genre, mood and whatnot, which is, IMO, going to nudge things away from the conversational and towards the prose.&nbsp; This came up in the other thread where words like &quot;wield&quot; were used.&nbsp; That's a deliberate word choice for a fantasy RPG.&nbsp; You'd never use it in an SF RPG, for example.&nbsp; Han Solo wields his blaster?&nbsp; I don't think so.&nbsp; If we're playing a fantasy RPG, we're going to draw on fantasy language, probably subconsciously.&nbsp; If we play a modern RPG, our language is going to change.Note, I'm not referring to game dependent language.&nbsp; That's obviously something else entirely.&nbsp; But, the language we use during the game, that isn't &quot;game language&quot; is going to shift depending on the game we're playing.&nbsp; For the most part, it's going to be a pretty subconscious choice but, it really is going to be there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7623746, member: 22779"] Heh. When the premise of the thread is clearly stated, we actually get to discuss the issue rather than spend 15 pages debating what the conversation is actually about. So, for that, thank you [MENTION=85555]Bedrockgames[/MENTION]. :D I'm pretty much in the "it depends on the game" camp. I generally find that word choice is going to be necessary as a DM/GM simply because it's virtually impossible to separate running a game from any level of performance. We always choose specific language to fit the game, genre, mood and whatnot, which is, IMO, going to nudge things away from the conversational and towards the prose. This came up in the other thread where words like "wield" were used. That's a deliberate word choice for a fantasy RPG. You'd never use it in an SF RPG, for example. Han Solo wields his blaster? I don't think so. If we're playing a fantasy RPG, we're going to draw on fantasy language, probably subconsciously. If we play a modern RPG, our language is going to change. Note, I'm not referring to game dependent language. That's obviously something else entirely. But, the language we use during the game, that isn't "game language" is going to shift depending on the game we're playing. For the most part, it's going to be a pretty subconscious choice but, it really is going to be there. [/QUOTE]

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