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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9614868" data-attributes="member: 6696971">EDIT - Yikes. I was just made aware that this is your first series of posts. My apologies for the rather blunt engagement below! You should get at least 10 posts before someone aggressively interrogates your position on something![HR][/HR]I don't quite understand what utility these sorts of statements are supposed to have. A book of rules says &quot;don't do this thing...it is expressly a violation of the intent, structure, and spirit of this game...violating it is going to lead to game gone bad...while not violating it and playing in a principled fashion will eventually (through repetition and acquired skill; &quot;perfect practice makes perfect&quot;) lead to game gone good.&quot; It seems to me that saying &quot;the GM can still do whatever they want...&lt;insert statement about consequences here&gt;&quot; is similar to saying &quot;I can still jump off a five story building and flap my arms vigorously...it just won't lead to flying...it'll lead to splatting.&quot;&nbsp; Or &quot;an NFL defensive back can visibly hold a receiver on 3rd and 10 to prevent them from getting open and possibly converting a 1st down...it'll just lead to an automatic first down by penalty and cripple their team.&quot;What sort of useful work are you imagining the above quote is doing?&nbsp; Genuinely curious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9614868, member: 6696971"] EDIT - Yikes. I was just made aware that this is your first series of posts. My apologies for the rather blunt engagement below! You should get at least 10 posts before someone aggressively interrogates your position on something! [HR][/HR] I don't quite understand what utility these sorts of statements are supposed to have. A book of rules says "don't do this thing...it is expressly a violation of the intent, structure, and spirit of this game...violating it is going to lead to [I]game gone bad[/I]...while not violating it and playing in a principled fashion will eventually (through repetition and acquired skill; "perfect practice makes perfect") lead to [I]game gone good[/I]." It seems to me that saying "the GM can still do whatever they want...<insert statement about consequences here>" is similar to saying "I can still jump off a five story building and flap my arms vigorously...it just won't lead to flying...it'll lead to splatting." Or "an NFL defensive back can visibly hold a receiver on 3rd and 10 to prevent them from getting open and possibly converting a 1st down...it'll just lead to an automatic first down by penalty and cripple their team." What sort of useful work are you imagining the above quote is doing? Genuinely curious. [/QUOTE]

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