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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7569765" data-attributes="member: 97077">Sure, do what you want, but know and be honest with what you're doing is all I'm saying. My experience is that when many people really take a good, hard look at this approach and why they do it, it becomes unpalatable. It's hard to defend choosing to base one's fun and immersion on what thought crimes someone else may be committing. It's an abdication of personal responsibility as I see it.The point is that the very basis for the &quot;no 'metagaming'&quot; or &quot;as little 'metagaming' as possible&quot; approach is &quot;metagaming.&quot; Drill down to analyze the approach and that's where we end up - &quot;metagaming&quot; to avoid &quot;metagaming.&quot; There are heaps of cognitive dissonance to be found here. I encourage everyone to really think this through. In my experience, this approach is usually adopted due to legacy (&quot;this is what we've always done&quot; or &quot;this is how I learned the game from my cousin&quot;) and isn't rigorously tested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7569765, member: 97077"] Sure, do what you want, but know and be honest with what you're doing is all I'm saying. My experience is that when many people really take a good, hard look at this approach and why they do it, it becomes unpalatable. It's hard to defend choosing to base one's fun and immersion on what thought crimes someone else may be committing. It's an abdication of personal responsibility as I see it. The point is that the very basis for the "no 'metagaming'" or "as little 'metagaming' as possible" approach[I] is[/I] "metagaming." Drill down to analyze the approach and that's where we end up - "metagaming" to avoid "metagaming." There are heaps of cognitive dissonance to be found here. I encourage everyone to really think this through. In my experience, this approach is usually adopted due to legacy ("this is what we've always done" or "this is how I learned the game from my cousin") and isn't rigorously tested. [/QUOTE]

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