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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9703538" data-attributes="member: 6790260">More importantly, I think most people who play TTRPGs would be deeply confused why anyone would care that much about most of the things people who know what "simulationism" and "gamism" and "narrativism" mean.They just want a game that:Lets them have a cool (and often, humorous) fantastical adventureDoesn't require them to memorize too muchWon't induce nasty arguments over stupid Rules Bovine FecesLets them come up with a fun and/or funny and/or awesome character Helps them make that aforementioned character feel good to playProduces an overall satisfying arc in a reasonable amount of time (presumably, between a few months and a year-ish)You can see the ghost, the seeds, of what could become a preference for any of those three things (though I personally slice that watermelon a bit differently), if the player becomes especially enfranchised.But most players? They'd be utterly baffled by the idea that a game needs a "diegetic" connection between the procedures one employs and the events that occur within the game. Probably would also be baffled at the significant level of mathematics that goes into designing a game that works smoothly without hiccups. They don't see those things and don't think about it that hard. They just play. That's a great thing for them--and I mean that very sincerely. It's a great thing that they can just sit down and have fun, assuming the game actually facilitates that. But those nebulous, vague, pure-feeling reactions are also impossible to use as meaningful input for game design, other than at the final-polish level where you already know the final shape, you just need to get it to a mirror shine.</blockquote>

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