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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7603770" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Well, I was responding to the OP and then responding to what other people said. This is a long thread. I am not going to waste time reading every post in a thread. I was just focused on the OP, my post, and peoples' responses to my posts. </p><p></p><p>That said, I tend to agree with Pemerton on boxed text. It is fine as an example, but I don't think it is generally necessary. The GM can just draw on the entry description to provide a description that is more fluid and natural to the situation. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't say it was negative or positive, but it has a connotation of acting. But more importantly its core meaning is the issue. I don't think of roleplaying as a performance. I think about a fourth of players do approach the game that way. Most players I play with are not there to act out as if they are on stage or in an improv group. There is a big difference between that and a more natural style of speaking in character or talking to the group. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First, if you want to make the argument that presentation matters, well call it presentation, not performance. Second, I don't think dividing the game into content and presentation provides any useful function (I have yet to hear why this is important for us to do). I hate to beat a dead horse, but I don't like the proliferation of jargon these discussions lead to (because it creates barriers to understanding and confusion down the line when four people concoct new terminology in a very specific discussion then try to make use of it in conversations with others later on). </p><p>'</p><p>Neither Pemerton or I seem to be saying presentation doesn't matter at all. We are questioning how important it is, but I think more significantly we are taking issue with the specific ways people in this thread think presentation should matter (and ultimately I think that is the much more significant issue at stake because that is what ultimately becomes best practices advice---whereas presentation versus content is more academic).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7603770, member: 85555"] Well, I was responding to the OP and then responding to what other people said. This is a long thread. I am not going to waste time reading every post in a thread. I was just focused on the OP, my post, and peoples' responses to my posts. That said, I tend to agree with Pemerton on boxed text. It is fine as an example, but I don't think it is generally necessary. The GM can just draw on the entry description to provide a description that is more fluid and natural to the situation. I didn't say it was negative or positive, but it has a connotation of acting. But more importantly its core meaning is the issue. I don't think of roleplaying as a performance. I think about a fourth of players do approach the game that way. Most players I play with are not there to act out as if they are on stage or in an improv group. There is a big difference between that and a more natural style of speaking in character or talking to the group. First, if you want to make the argument that presentation matters, well call it presentation, not performance. Second, I don't think dividing the game into content and presentation provides any useful function (I have yet to hear why this is important for us to do). I hate to beat a dead horse, but I don't like the proliferation of jargon these discussions lead to (because it creates barriers to understanding and confusion down the line when four people concoct new terminology in a very specific discussion then try to make use of it in conversations with others later on). ' Neither Pemerton or I seem to be saying presentation doesn't matter at all. We are questioning how important it is, but I think more significantly we are taking issue with the specific ways people in this thread think presentation should matter (and ultimately I think that is the much more significant issue at stake because that is what ultimately becomes best practices advice---whereas presentation versus content is more academic). [/QUOTE]
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