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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7617255" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>"Is it core to RPGing to aim at the sorts of featurs that generate praise in literary or theatrical reviews? My view is no. Other posters in this thread think the answer is yes - that the participants in a RPG should be aiming to entertain one another through performance and narration."</p><p></p><p>Whoah. "Is X equal to pi? I say no. Is X equal to three? Others say yes. Therefore there is disagreement."</p><p></p><p>I aim to entertain my fellow players through performance and narration, and by other means (mainly humor). I want us all to enjoy the session. As a GM, I've occasionally scripted a scene description which might rate passably well in an amateur compilation, though not from a mainstream publisher. I've used foreshadowing - that's a literary device, right? (One time, several players wanted to run short start-of-session intro scenes, to introduce characters or other elements for stories which they'd run when it was their turn to DM; so the main DM declared the following session "National Foreshadowing Day", and we spent the evening on those intro scenes, giving the main GM a one-session break from running his story arc.)</p><p></p><p>I do not aim to earn a four star literary or theatrical review from the New York Times.</p><p></p><p>I don't even aim for the "Critical Role" goal of producing something of interest and value to others, *beyond those at the table*.</p><p></p><p>Musical analogy: I used to regularly attend folk music and sea shanty gatherings. Occasionally I would lead a song, soloing the verses with everyone else joining the chorus. I aspired to help the gathering have a good time together. I was not performing studio quality work for recording, nor for review by music critics. My singing voice got better with practice, and my fellows encouraged me, but my singing will never generate praise in a review.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7617255, member: 6786839"] "Is it core to RPGing to aim at the sorts of featurs that generate praise in literary or theatrical reviews? My view is no. Other posters in this thread think the answer is yes - that the participants in a RPG should be aiming to entertain one another through performance and narration." Whoah. "Is X equal to pi? I say no. Is X equal to three? Others say yes. Therefore there is disagreement." I aim to entertain my fellow players through performance and narration, and by other means (mainly humor). I want us all to enjoy the session. As a GM, I've occasionally scripted a scene description which might rate passably well in an amateur compilation, though not from a mainstream publisher. I've used foreshadowing - that's a literary device, right? (One time, several players wanted to run short start-of-session intro scenes, to introduce characters or other elements for stories which they'd run when it was their turn to DM; so the main DM declared the following session "National Foreshadowing Day", and we spent the evening on those intro scenes, giving the main GM a one-session break from running his story arc.) I do not aim to earn a four star literary or theatrical review from the New York Times. I don't even aim for the "Critical Role" goal of producing something of interest and value to others, *beyond those at the table*. Musical analogy: I used to regularly attend folk music and sea shanty gatherings. Occasionally I would lead a song, soloing the verses with everyone else joining the chorus. I aspired to help the gathering have a good time together. I was not performing studio quality work for recording, nor for review by music critics. My singing voice got better with practice, and my fellows encouraged me, but my singing will never generate praise in a review. [/QUOTE]
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