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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8994810" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>What I disagree with was </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because different forms of game play can absolutely feel more or less "real" to the people playing the game. Yellowstone feels more real to me than Bugs Bunny. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy both, just that one is something I could see happening and the other has a cartoon rabbit that would never get lost if they remembered to take a left at Albuquerque.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay, if I go to a friend's house for dinner and forgot to bring the desert I can't just have a flashback and remember that I actually put it in the trunk of my car. The scale doesn't matter, the point is that I have no narrative control over the real world. I don't want it in my TTRPG either.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When I'm improving I still have full control of everything other than the PCs and how their actions impact the world around them. There's no correlation between prep, improv and DM control.</p><p></p><p>There is no right or wrong here, so I don't know why you're trying to twist what I say around to mean something that's explicitly the opposite of what I've stated as a preference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8994810, member: 6801845"] What I disagree with was Because different forms of game play can absolutely feel more or less "real" to the people playing the game. Yellowstone feels more real to me than Bugs Bunny. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy both, just that one is something I could see happening and the other has a cartoon rabbit that would never get lost if they remembered to take a left at Albuquerque. Okay, if I go to a friend's house for dinner and forgot to bring the desert I can't just have a flashback and remember that I actually put it in the trunk of my car. The scale doesn't matter, the point is that I have no narrative control over the real world. I don't want it in my TTRPG either. When I'm improving I still have full control of everything other than the PCs and how their actions impact the world around them. There's no correlation between prep, improv and DM control. There is no right or wrong here, so I don't know why you're trying to twist what I say around to mean something that's explicitly the opposite of what I've stated as a preference. [/QUOTE]
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