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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5766892" data-attributes="member: 48965">Okay the definition of "an" is... Adjective:The form of the indefinite article (see a) used before words beginning with a vowel sound.So let's look at "a"... a/ā/   Adjective:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation: "a man came out of the room".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Used with units of measurement to mean one such unit: "a hundred"; "a quarter of an hour".</li> </ul>So in all actuality I think Wyatt is using it in the context that definition 1 presents.   Nope, from a purely literal stance it does not say that... ofc  ourse that hasn't stopped you from injecting your own inferences and interpretations onto the quote either.  Thus the problem, an encounter with gate guards is not inherently unfun. Since numerous posters in this thread have listed various reasons as to why that is so, I won't repost them here. In a nutshell this is why his wording, and/or advice is considered bad by many. He needs a qualifier with the examples he gives and chooses not to use one.  In a gritty survivalist Dark Sun game tracking supplies, food and encumbrance could be fun, but no, I don't think most people consider the tracking of minutae (whatever they determine that to be) as fun. However just because no one is arguing against it that doesn't change the fact that the quote is badly worded and thus imparts bad advice.    I don't agree that they are all examples of unfun play... and that is the heart of the matter. Unfun play as Wyatt presents it seems to have been cast as anything that does not present a challenge (whether in the form of combat, skill challenge, or whatever), and I don't agree with that wider sentiment.</blockquote>

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