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<blockquote data-quote="Silvercat Moonpaw" data-source="post: 4806848" data-attributes="member: 46652">And I think the argument for not having mechanics is if you do this the thing turns into a game of &quot;pick the mechanic&quot;.And the counter-argument is &quot;that's what the whole game amounts to anyway&quot;.And the counter-counter-argument is (I think) &quot;except that the interactions of real people are much more complex&quot; and possibly &quot;so you could have a much more diverse and ultimately satisfying game&quot;.And then the next counter is &quot;but some people are just no good at playing that game and would do better with the 'pick the mechanic' format&quot;.I realize that I may be making some generalities and/or reading things into what people have said that they may not actually be saying, but I think this discussion back-and-forth could do with a concise summary of what the main points on each side are in the hopes that it clears something up for someone.&nbsp; It certainly helps me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silvercat Moonpaw, post: 4806848, member: 46652"] And I think the argument for not having mechanics is if you do this the thing turns into a game of "pick the mechanic". And the counter-argument is "that's what the whole game amounts to [i]anyway[/i]". And the counter-counter-argument is (I think) "except that the interactions of real people are much more complex" and possibly "so you could have a much more diverse and ultimately satisfying game". And then the next counter is "but some people are just no good at playing that game and would do better with the 'pick the mechanic' format". I realize that I may be making some generalities and/or reading things into what people have said that they may not actually be saying, but I think this discussion back-and-forth could do with a concise summary of what the main points on each side are in the hopes that it clears something up for someone. It certainly helps me. :) [/QUOTE]

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