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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7929656" data-attributes="member: 16814">Not at all trying to say that every party is the same or that some &quot;preferred&quot; division of responsiblity exists.&nbsp; Just banging my drum that absolute statements (either way) aren't true and that some specificity to situation needs to be made.&nbsp; Also that there's a tendency to stop looking at a scenario when we've found all the things that support our biases -- which I have, too.&nbsp; I try to examine mine, and it's very helpful to me that I actually play in multiple, different styles based on game/group, so I have opportunity.&nbsp; I also very much believe that the right way to play is the way that's fun for you.&nbsp; But, all of the accusations of insidiousness or one-true-wayism show up on both sides, they're just often ignored by the majority when they align with the majority.&nbsp; No one in this thread arguing GMing diesn't have to be hard has made any statement that it's the &quot;right&quot; or &quot;best&quot; way to do things, but that accusation has been made.&nbsp; Meanwhile, it's been said a few&nbsp; times by numerous posters that ways other than GM-centered play sre &quot;niche&quot; and that niche position is &quot;revealed preference.&quot;&nbsp; These aren't widely potested as one-true-wayism because it fits the biases of most in this thread and so is received with nods.Sorry, you've actually been a great poster and aren't part of the problems I'm ranting about.&nbsp; Sometimes the frustration leaks out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7929656, member: 16814"] Not at all trying to say that every party is the same or that some "preferred" division of responsiblity exists. Just banging my drum that absolute statements (either way) aren't true and that some specificity to situation needs to be made. Also that there's a tendency to stop looking at a scenario when we've found all the things that support our biases -- which I have, too. I try to examine mine, and it's very helpful to me that I actually play in multiple, different styles based on game/group, so I have opportunity. I also very much believe that the right way to play is the way that's fun for you. But, all of the accusations of insidiousness or one-true-wayism show up on both sides, they're just often ignored by the majority when they align with the majority. No one in this thread arguing GMing diesn't have to be hard has made any statement that it's the "right" or "best" way to do things, but that accusation has been made. Meanwhile, it's been said a few times by numerous posters that ways other than GM-centered play sre "niche" and that niche position is "revealed preference." These aren't widely potested as one-true-wayism because it fits the biases of most in this thread and so is received with nods. Sorry, you've actually been a great poster and aren't part of the problems I'm ranting about. Sometimes the frustration leaks out. [/QUOTE]

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