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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8623061" data-attributes="member: 6801845">That's kind of the problem, isn't it?&nbsp; This isn't a topic related directly to D&amp;D, it's game theory as defined on The Forge.&nbsp; So you get yokels like me getting on here assuming people are speaking standard English when really they're speaking in very specific coded verbiage.Take this sentence that I grabbed at random from The Forge site:A description of role-playing procedures as embedded in the social interactions and creative priorities of the participants. Each internal &quot;box,&quot; &quot;layer,&quot; or &quot;skin&quot; of the model is considered to be an expression of the box(es) containing it.Umm ... I know all the words are English but it might as well be Greek to me.I don't really find any value in the frameworks and theories, GNL theory and related don't really help clarify anything outside of academic discussions.&nbsp; Which is not meant to be dismissive of the discussions or people who value them, just that I'm not sure this even belongs on this particular forum.&nbsp; I don't think RPGs fall into neat categories, especially not for games like D&amp;D where there's such broad implementation of styles and preferences in actual play.&nbsp; If you do, more power to you.&nbsp; Maybe we just need a different label? Or move this type of discussion to TTRPG general?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8623061, member: 6801845"] That's kind of the problem, isn't it? This isn't a topic related directly to D&D, it's game theory as defined on The Forge. So you get yokels like me getting on here assuming people are speaking standard English when really they're speaking in very specific coded verbiage. Take this sentence that I grabbed at random from The Forge site: [INDENT][I]A description of role-playing procedures as embedded in the social interactions and creative priorities of the participants. Each internal "box," "layer," or "skin" of the model is considered to be an expression of the box(es) containing it.[/I][/INDENT] Umm ... I know all the words are English but it might as well be Greek to me. I don't really find any value in the frameworks and theories, GNL theory and related don't really help clarify anything outside of academic discussions. Which is not meant to be dismissive of the discussions or people who value them, just that I'm not sure this even belongs on this particular forum. I don't think RPGs fall into neat categories, especially not for games like D&D where there's such broad implementation of styles and preferences in actual play. If you do, more power to you. Maybe we just need a different label? Or move this type of discussion to TTRPG general? [/QUOTE]

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