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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9104557" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Except it's not a broadly known term.&nbsp; Many people (including myself) also don't see it as particularly useful, especially when you could describe it easily in different ways that would make sense to everyone.&nbsp; Without your definition, I would assume player agency meant the agency of people playing the game, not just a different expression of agency.&nbsp; As a software developer, I've always kind of hated jargon.&nbsp; People (typically &quot;industry leaders&quot;) have a tendency to make up new terminology to describe things that don't really need redefining.&nbsp; Makes them sound impressive to management but use of fancy words doesn't make someone better at their job.&nbsp; So I probably have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to jargon.&nbsp; But especially on this site where it's never really obvious when people are using specific jargon, or people expect every poster to have read some treatise on gaming published last century.&nbsp; I don't ever expect people to understand jargon, I don't think jargon for a site like this is particularly helpful and too often we argue about jargon and the impression specific terms leave.I guess I just don't see any reason to use jargon in the vast majority of cases.&nbsp; Especially when you can just say what you mean in plain english.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9104557, member: 6801845"] Except it's not a broadly known term. Many people (including myself) also don't see it as particularly useful, especially when you could describe it easily in different ways that would make sense to everyone. Without your definition, I would assume player agency meant the agency of people playing the game, not just a different expression of agency. As a software developer, I've always kind of hated jargon. People (typically "industry leaders") have a tendency to make up new terminology to describe things that don't really need redefining. Makes them sound impressive to management but use of fancy words doesn't make someone better at their job. So I probably have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to jargon. But especially on this site where it's never really obvious when people are using specific jargon, or people expect every poster to have read some treatise on gaming published last century. I don't ever expect people to understand jargon, I don't think jargon for a site like this is particularly helpful and too often we argue about jargon and the impression specific terms leave. I guess I just don't see any reason to use jargon in the vast majority of cases. Especially when you can just say what you mean in plain english. [/QUOTE]

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