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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7595346" data-attributes="member: 42582">And if I was me (which I am) my response would be that&nbsp;&nbsp; [MENTION=6981174]Immortal Sun[/MENTION] misdescribed and mischaracterised my post, and then seemed to get cut when I (reasonably politely) explained how and why.I don't think so. In a post not far upthread I made the comparison to conversation. Most conversation invovles expressing responses. But most conversation is not performance or presentation in the relevant sense.A GM who in fact doesn't have reactions to things is a different kettle of fish - I haven't thought about that, but I think that could make GMing difficult as (I'm guessing) it would make it much harder to follow and contribute to the dynamics of play.Yes, this is true - but live plays are performances. Watching and enjoying a live play is like watching and enjoying comedy quiz shows (QI and the like). It's not RPGing, any more than watching one of those shows is taking part in one.Another analogy, maybe less apt, is this: to be a good television chef requires having a certain sort of vibrant or quirky personality. But it's not true that being a good chef requires the same.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7595346, member: 42582"] And if I was me (which I am) my response would be that [MENTION=6981174]Immortal Sun[/MENTION] misdescribed and mischaracterised my post, and then seemed to get cut when I (reasonably politely) explained how and why. I don't think so. In a post not far upthread I made the comparison to conversation. Most conversation invovles expressing responses. But most conversation is not [I]performance[/I] or [I]presentation[/I] in the relevant sense. A GM who in fact [I]doesn't[/I] have reactions to things is a different kettle of fish - I haven't thought about that, but I think that could make GMing difficult as (I'm guessing) it would make it much harder to follow and contribute to the dynamics of play. Yes, this is true - but live plays are performances. Watching and enjoying a live play is like watching and enjoying comedy quiz shows (QI and the like). It's not RPGing, any more than watching one of those shows is taking part in one. Another analogy, maybe less apt, is this: to be a good television chef requires having a certain sort of vibrant or quirky personality. But it's not true that being a good chef requires the same. [/QUOTE]

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