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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9710022" data-attributes="member: 177">I don't read it that way.I feel he said that, no, the GM doesn't have to accept every player suggestion, but it is good for the GM to have space from which they can consider player suggestions seriously, before ruling yes or no.There is &quot;The GM predetermines it all, no questions will be brooked.&quot;&nbsp; There is, &quot;Everything the players say goes, no matter what.&quot; And then there's this astoundingly huge space in the middle where we can discuss and negotiate before making up our minds.In that astoundingly huge space, the player may suggest ways in which the idea isn't so damaging to the GM's conception.&nbsp; Or maybe the GM will suggest something other than the player's suggestion, but nearly as good for the player's stated goals.&nbsp; And so on - there are many possibilities one will never find if one rejects the notion of even considering discussion.Going a long, long way back to the OP - an exhausting thing is having to repeatedly re-establish that most of the arguments we have are not actually composed of choices between polar opposites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9710022, member: 177"] I don't read it that way. I feel he said that, no, the GM doesn't have to accept [I]every[/I] player suggestion, but it is good for the GM to have space from which they can [I]consider[/I] player suggestions seriously, before ruling yes or no. There is "The GM predetermines it all, no questions will be brooked." There is, "Everything the players say goes, no matter what." And then there's this [I][B]astoundingly huge space[/B][/I] in the middle where we can discuss and negotiate before making up our minds. In that astoundingly huge space, the player may suggest ways in which the idea isn't so damaging to the GM's conception. Or maybe the GM will suggest something other than the player's suggestion, but nearly as good for the player's stated goals. And so on - there are many possibilities one will never find if one rejects the notion of even considering discussion. Going a long, long way back to the OP - an exhausting thing is having to repeatedly re-establish that most of the arguments we have are not actually composed of choices between polar opposites. [/QUOTE]

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