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<blockquote data-quote="Haiku Elvis" data-source="post: 8454396" data-attributes="member: 7032874">To see if [USER=5142]@Aldarc[/USER] has a point.I think that a thread about language used to discribe how we play, use, critique rpgs has often been reduced to discussing individual style issues such as the use of rainbows and vacationing and their effects on players fun says a lot about the underlying vagueness of how to discribe what these TTRPGs that we enjoy actually are, mean, and how should be used that fuels and feeds the ever more fluffy series of big hugs and jovial banter that this or related threads descend into. Whether it's the definition of vacationing or whether the use of childrens entertainment to hide the rainbows from players can impact a player's fun if the players are unaware of the rainbows in the first place.&nbsp; Nevermind, if someone suggests something like using pretty unicorns in a game which is going to get some members of the community so fluffy they are likely to suggest the commenter is lined up against the wall and told they are pretty.&nbsp;In fact jovial banter leading to genuine fluffyness is to be the expected outcome where so much lies undefined. Which I believe was one of the points of the OP. And tolerance, understanding and listening to create a truely shared method of descibing our experiences are the only solutions.Except for those people with the pretty unicorns. Screw those guys!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haiku Elvis, post: 8454396, member: 7032874"] To see if [USER=5142]@Aldarc[/USER] has a point. I think that a thread about language used to discribe how we play, use, critique rpgs has often been reduced to discussing individual style issues such as the use of [I]rainbows[/I] and [I]vacationing[/I] and their effects on players [I]fun[/I] says a lot about the underlying vagueness of how to discribe what these TTRPGs that we enjoy actually are, mean, and how should be used that fuels and feeds the ever more [I]fluffy[/I] series of big [I]hugs[/I] and [I]jovial banter[/I] that this or related threads descend into. Whether it's the definition of [I]vacationing[/I] or whether the use of [I]childrens entertainment[/I] to hide the [I]rainbows[/I] from players can impact a player's [I]fun[/I] if the players are unaware of the [I]rainbows[/I] in the first place. Nevermind, if someone suggests something like using [I]pretty[/I] [I]unicorns[/I] in a game which is going to get some members of the community so [I]fluffy[/I] they are likely to suggest the commenter is lined up against the wall and [I]told they are pretty[/I]. In fact j[I]ovial banter [/I]leading to genuine [I]fluffyness[/I] is to be the expected outcome where so much lies undefined. Which I believe was one of the points of the OP. And tolerance, understanding and listening to create a truely shared method of descibing our experiences are the only solutions. Except for those people with the [I]pretty[/I] [I]unicorns[/I]. Screw those guys! [/QUOTE]

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