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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 6729288" data-attributes="member: 3192">Except is doesn't as can be evidenced by a new &quot;discipline&quot; used to study games as &quot;games have never been studied before&quot;, which begins by not treating them actual games, but as narratives. Mass cultural conformity and suppression of ideas.&nbsp; Edwards has disavowed The Big Model as wrong? That's news.I&quot;m not seeking to propose a model on how all games everywhere should be thought of and spoken of, a complete redefining of game terms instead of an honest canvasing of their use. History has been forgotten. Most people I know in the hobby for only 10-15 years have no understanding at all of why any of the things that used to be in the game could ever be conceived as being needed. Why is it mandatory for play to use dice? maps? minis? hidden information? note passing? awarding XP? Don't listen to me, if you wish. But don't pretend RPGs are what the Forge sought to subvert them into &quot;all along&quot;.With respect, we are all the arbiters of history. It is up to each and every one of us to insure things like this contemporary cultural genocide against gamers and game culture doesn't occur.Of course I don't. This is a public forum open to everyone. But by my reading I'm not referring to anyone here.I agree plenty of pepole are simply uneducated and believing in falsehoods about &quot;gaming&quot;, the lie that it is &quot;making stuff up&quot;. And while I believe the vast majority of people simply take what is at hand and enjoy it for what it is, unknowingly perpetuating falsehoods doesn't mean these shouldn't be contradicted and corrected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 6729288, member: 3192"] Except is doesn't as can be evidenced by a new "discipline" used to study games as "games have never been studied before", which begins by not treating them actual games, but as narratives. Mass cultural conformity and suppression of ideas. Edwards has disavowed The Big Model as wrong? That's news. I"m not seeking to propose a model on how all games everywhere should be thought of and spoken of, a complete redefining of game terms instead of an honest canvasing of their use. History has been forgotten. Most people I know in the hobby for only 10-15 years have no understanding at all of why any of the things that used to be in the game could ever be conceived as being needed. Why is it mandatory for play to use dice? maps? minis? hidden information? note passing? awarding XP? Don't listen to me, if you wish. But don't pretend RPGs are what the Forge sought to subvert them into "all along". With respect, we are all the arbiters of history. It is up to each and every one of us to insure things like this contemporary cultural genocide against gamers and game culture doesn't occur. Of course I don't. This is a public forum open to everyone. But by my reading I'm not referring to anyone here. I agree plenty of pepole are simply uneducated and believing in falsehoods about "gaming", the lie that it is "making stuff up". And while I believe the vast majority of people simply take what is at hand and enjoy it for what it is, unknowingly perpetuating falsehoods doesn't mean these shouldn't be contradicted and corrected. [/QUOTE]

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