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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8151930" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>Well, they aren’t called the same thing. One role is called “Dungeon Master” and the other is called “player(s)”. Just like in Android Netrunner you have the Corporation and the Runner. In baseball you have the pitcher, the catcher, the 1st/2nd/3rd basemen, the infielders, the outfielders. You generally refer to players by their role, rather than by the general term player. Again, the fact that in D&D one of the roles is <em>called</em> “player” and the other is not does create unnecessary ambiguity, I agree. But talking pure game theory here, the DM is a role someone playing the game of D&D takes on.</p><p></p><p>Let me put it this way: you can play football without a referee. You can’t play it without players in all the necessary positions. You can’t play Android Netrunner without a Corporation and a Runner. You can’t play D&D without a DM and at least one player.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, lots of people will say, “I played so much D&D over my vacation” when they we’re actually DMing the whole time. Or they’ll say “I really miss playing D&D” when what they want to do is DM. Because DMing is playing D&D. It’s playing it in a different role than when you play it as a single character, but it’s still playing.</p><p></p><p>What muddles the conversation is the fact that the non-DM players are just called “players.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8151930, member: 6779196"] Well, they aren’t called the same thing. One role is called “Dungeon Master” and the other is called “player(s)”. Just like in Android Netrunner you have the Corporation and the Runner. In baseball you have the pitcher, the catcher, the 1st/2nd/3rd basemen, the infielders, the outfielders. You generally refer to players by their role, rather than by the general term player. Again, the fact that in D&D one of the roles is [I]called[/I] “player” and the other is not does create unnecessary ambiguity, I agree. But talking pure game theory here, the DM is a role someone playing the game of D&D takes on. Let me put it this way: you can play football without a referee. You can’t play it without players in all the necessary positions. You can’t play Android Netrunner without a Corporation and a Runner. You can’t play D&D without a DM and at least one player. On the other hand, lots of people will say, “I played so much D&D over my vacation” when they we’re actually DMing the whole time. Or they’ll say “I really miss playing D&D” when what they want to do is DM. Because DMing is playing D&D. It’s playing it in a different role than when you play it as a single character, but it’s still playing. What muddles the conversation is the fact that the non-DM players are just called “players.” [/QUOTE]
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