Manbearcat
Legend
One last post.
We're all familiar with the axiom:
"Its not what you say, its how you say it."
We are social animals. We are evolved to respond to inflection, tone, countenance.
But I don't agree with the first part in the slightest, in any arena, but especially in the conversation of TTRPGs.
Obviously its "what you say" in TTRPGs.
But, there is also an aspect of "how you say it."
Then, there is the significantly important aspect of GMing; "how deftly you integrate it (within the particular game's paradigm)."
I think these three components are what is in play in this conversation. For my mileage, each are important, but there is a hierarchy of import. Personally, I'm putting the hierarchy as follows:
1) How deftly you integrate it.
2) What you say.
3) How you say it.
We're all familiar with the axiom:
"Its not what you say, its how you say it."
We are social animals. We are evolved to respond to inflection, tone, countenance.
But I don't agree with the first part in the slightest, in any arena, but especially in the conversation of TTRPGs.
Obviously its "what you say" in TTRPGs.
But, there is also an aspect of "how you say it."
Then, there is the significantly important aspect of GMing; "how deftly you integrate it (within the particular game's paradigm)."
I think these three components are what is in play in this conversation. For my mileage, each are important, but there is a hierarchy of import. Personally, I'm putting the hierarchy as follows:
1) How deftly you integrate it.
2) What you say.
3) How you say it.