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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8200614" data-attributes="member: 87792">If I were to only use a single axis I would only bother to keep one game on my shelves. I do not. If I were to only use a single axis I would only play or run one game. I do not. And if in real life I were to only use a single axis I would only use one screwdriver in my toolbox and one kitchen knife. I do not. And no, it isn't only the second axis that is relevant. I listed those axes because they are all relevant even to a conversation like this. Is what a game tries to do relevant? Assuredly yes. My Life With Master is an excellent and influential RPG - but for 99.99% of games it is entirely the wrong tool for the job. And I'll gladly run D&amp;D 4e for one of my groups and Apocalypse World for another - but would not run either Apocalypse World for the first group or 4e for the second because they are very different groups of players with very different interests.I further do not believe that even you use only a single axis unless you, if given the choice, have the same meal every time. After all if you're only using a single axis one meal must be &quot;the best&quot;. I believe that you might have decided that one RPG is the best for you - but any time you read someone who explicitly uses more than one RPG then they are obviously using more than one axis. And accusing them of thinking there is a best is a misunderstanding - repeatedly doing so is a strawman.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 8200614, member: 87792"] [I]If [/I]I were to only use a single axis I would only bother to keep one game on my shelves. I do not. [I]If [/I]I were to only use a single axis I would only play or run one game. I do not. And [I]if [/I]in real life I were to only use a single axis I would only use one screwdriver in my toolbox and one kitchen knife. I do not. And no, it isn't only the second axis that is relevant. I listed those axes because they are [I]all [/I]relevant even to a conversation like this. Is what a game tries to do relevant? Assuredly yes. My Life With Master is an excellent and influential RPG - but for 99.99% of games it is entirely the wrong tool for the job. And I'll gladly run D&D 4e for one of my groups and Apocalypse World for another - but would not run either Apocalypse World for the first group or 4e for the second because they are very different groups of players with very different interests. I further do not believe that even you use only a single axis unless you, if given the choice, have the same meal every time. After all if you're only using a single axis one meal must be "the best". I believe that you might have decided that one RPG is the best for you - but any time you read someone who explicitly uses more than one RPG then they are obviously using more than one axis. And accusing them of thinking there is a best is a misunderstanding - repeatedly doing so is a strawman. [/QUOTE]

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