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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7617802" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>Yes. Duh. Has anyone said otherwise?</p><p></p><p>Also, fire is hot. One can just say so, without introducing the complication of whether fire is also literary.</p><p></p><p>So far as I can tell, pemerton's thread title is misleading; it isn't what he actually cares about. If, in a TRPG session, GMs give only the most conversational (but adequate and functional) descriptions and prompts, and players respond with action declarations *which include literary use of language*, then that TRPG session has a literary aspect; it might even be published for the entertainment of others, alongside "Critical Role". Whether the players' use of language is more literary, or more conversational, is orthogonal to the question of whether the GM neglects the interactive side of her role.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If it's not difficult to piece together pemerton's answers, could you summarize his answer?</p><p>I'm baffled at how you can piece together his answers, while simultaneously declaring the question unclear. But if you can, please do!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Who has taken that position? Or are you deploying a straw man?</p><p></p><p>Who has argued that BRG's game *will fall apart* because of its bog-standard language? Hussar has said that he would enjoy that game less. "I would not enjoy that game" and "That game will fall apart" are two different statements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7617802, member: 6786839"] Yes. Duh. Has anyone said otherwise? Also, fire is hot. One can just say so, without introducing the complication of whether fire is also literary. So far as I can tell, pemerton's thread title is misleading; it isn't what he actually cares about. If, in a TRPG session, GMs give only the most conversational (but adequate and functional) descriptions and prompts, and players respond with action declarations *which include literary use of language*, then that TRPG session has a literary aspect; it might even be published for the entertainment of others, alongside "Critical Role". Whether the players' use of language is more literary, or more conversational, is orthogonal to the question of whether the GM neglects the interactive side of her role. If it's not difficult to piece together pemerton's answers, could you summarize his answer? I'm baffled at how you can piece together his answers, while simultaneously declaring the question unclear. But if you can, please do! Who has taken that position? Or are you deploying a straw man? Who has argued that BRG's game *will fall apart* because of its bog-standard language? Hussar has said that he would enjoy that game less. "I would not enjoy that game" and "That game will fall apart" are two different statements. [/QUOTE]
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