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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8662605" data-attributes="member: 86653">Yeah, it's weird how bad some designers are at explaining what they mean by things. Jargon and obscuring phrases just take over.Sure, but then we're back to being unable to make any broad statement about RPGs because there will inevitably be a game that goes against that broad statement. The default, as in the vast majority of games as written or games that are actually played, is games that are incredibly lopsided in favor of the referee.The longer I'm at this the less I have patience for phrases like this. Just because you personally aren't enjoying a particular game doesn't make it bad. It's not a good fit for you or your preferences, sure, but that doesn't render you subjective opinion into objective fact about the quality of the game. And there's also the bizarre effect this kind of thing has on new referees. I don't think it's best practices to put even more pressure on new referees or normalize any mantra that makes it seem like unless they're perfect from the go they shouldn't bother trying. To me that seems like the opposite of what we should be doing.There's a lot of assumptions in there. Paid doesn't mean "professional-level GM," nor does a derth of referees mean lots that do exist are abusive or bad, nor does paid mean "high end GMs." It just means there are so many more players than referees that some players are desperate enough to pay referees to run games for them.</blockquote>

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