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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6341269" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Even when speaking about playstyle, the idea that this is full represented by a line-continuum seems to be put to serious question by empirical data:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/BreakdownOfRPGPlayers.html" target="_blank">http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/BreakdownOfRPGPlayers.html</a></p><p></p><p>I think any discussion of the "arrangement" of playstyle ought to be informed by the 1999 WotrC market research. This is not theorizing, or how we feel about the game - this is data analysis. Desired player styles don't sit in a line, but in (at least) a plane. So, at the very best, Pulsipher is talking only about one axis of playstyle desire, and there are dimensions he's not considering.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree - you just need to be willing to write an absurdist story. If you haven't - read some Carl Hiaasen, or Dave Barry's <em>Big Trouble</em> or <em>Risky Business</em>. If you want fantasy absurdity, try Christopher Moore. These guys are excellent storytellers, and the stories are absurd, so I think your assertion needs rethinking.</p><p></p><p>Unless your definition of "absurd" is like the GNS "Simulation", having nothing at all to do with what one thinks of when one uses the term outside of gaming. If it is - we *really* need to stop using jargon that is so different in meaning from the natural-language homonym. It only hinders communication.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6341269, member: 177"] Even when speaking about playstyle, the idea that this is full represented by a line-continuum seems to be put to serious question by empirical data: [url]http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/BreakdownOfRPGPlayers.html[/url] I think any discussion of the "arrangement" of playstyle ought to be informed by the 1999 WotrC market research. This is not theorizing, or how we feel about the game - this is data analysis. Desired player styles don't sit in a line, but in (at least) a plane. So, at the very best, Pulsipher is talking only about one axis of playstyle desire, and there are dimensions he's not considering. I disagree - you just need to be willing to write an absurdist story. If you haven't - read some Carl Hiaasen, or Dave Barry's [I]Big Trouble[/I] or [I]Risky Business[/I]. If you want fantasy absurdity, try Christopher Moore. These guys are excellent storytellers, and the stories are absurd, so I think your assertion needs rethinking. Unless your definition of "absurd" is like the GNS "Simulation", having nothing at all to do with what one thinks of when one uses the term outside of gaming. If it is - we *really* need to stop using jargon that is so different in meaning from the natural-language homonym. It only hinders communication. [/QUOTE]
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