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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8245693" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Since I don't approve of cross-forum drama, I won't dig up any quotes. I conversed with him, many years ago, about the nature of stakes and what made for good gaming; he openly and explicitly insisted that only character death qualified as a stake, and very specifically, it qualified BECAUSE it was the player risking their continued participation in the game. If you don't believe me, fine. You're entitled to do so. I only mentioned him specifically because he is, shall we say, a person of notoriety, and because I actually remember participating in the thread in question.If you think what I quoted isn't explicitly someone describing something as "paranoia," I don't know what else to tell you. [USER=29398]@Lanefan[/USER] even came straight into this thread and didn't seem to feel I was misrepresenting their position when I did, in fact, use the exact words, "If I have misrepresented your position in any way, I welcome correction." If "The characters should be somewhat paranoid, thus giving the players a taste of that only makes sense" does not mean "...giving the players a taste of paranoia only makes sense," I really don't know what the sentence is stating. Paranoia, <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/paranoia" target="_blank">as defined on Dictionary.com</a>, means:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.</li> </ol>Given I doubt Lanefan is claiming the ability to induce outright psychiatric disorders, I think we can confidently assume the latter definition is in play: "baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others," coupled with some irrational fear (a more colloquial use of the term), e.g. the old joke, "it's not paranoia if everyone IS out to get you."</blockquote>

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