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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 9475016" data-attributes="member: 4871">So here’s my counter argument. The problem isn’t being railroaded. It’s noticing you’re on a railroad, and then realizing the DM is so locked into the railroad and they can’t adjust the game, therefore you have to simply go along.It’s like that scene in the Blues Brothers.“Oh, we play both kinds of music! Country and Western!”I realize this is subjective and there’s always a point where expecting the DM to have a full detailed adventure ready in every direction you want to go is not practical or fair. Having a reason why you can’t simply leave the adventure is sometimes part of the conceit of the game, and I accept that. The railroading becomes a problem for me when the DM says “You give the guards pursuing you the slip, but a street vendor sees you and knows you were being pursued, and calls attention to you. You’re immediately swarmed by the guards who put manacles on you.”It is the point where you lose enthusiasm for a game because suspension of disbelief was broken and now you can’t get back to that place. So in a way, it is about the fun being spoiled. It would’ve been better to set expectations upfront that the game is linear and you’re expected to go along than let people think it’s not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 9475016, member: 4871"] So here’s my counter argument. The problem isn’t being railroaded. It’s [I]noticing[/I] you’re on a railroad, and then realizing the DM is so locked into the railroad and they can’t adjust the game, therefore you have to simply go along. It’s like that scene in the Blues Brothers. “Oh, we play both kinds of music! Country and Western!” I realize this is subjective and there’s always a point where expecting the DM to have a full detailed adventure ready in every direction you want to go is not practical or fair. Having a reason why you can’t simply leave the adventure is sometimes part of the conceit of the game, and I accept that. The railroading becomes a problem for me when the DM says “You give the guards pursuing you the slip, but a street vendor sees you and knows you were being pursued, and calls attention to you. You’re immediately swarmed by the guards who put manacles on you.” It is the point where you lose enthusiasm for a game because suspension of disbelief was broken and now you can’t get back to that place. So in a way, it [I]is[/I] about the fun being spoiled. It would’ve been better to set expectations upfront that the game is linear and you’re expected to go along than let people think it’s not. [/QUOTE]

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