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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8255098" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>I'm uncertain where you're trying to go here.&nbsp; This seems like a set up for something, but I don't think it's saying what you think it does, given your other arguments in this thread.&nbsp; Does the GM create fiction in Blades?&nbsp; Yes, of course they do, this is an uncontroversial statement.&nbsp; Can that be considered the majority of content generation?&nbsp; Here I'm very much going to disagree.&nbsp; If I get to oblige you to generate specific kinds of fiction, then it's hard to say that you're the primary generator of fiction, even if this is so by volume of words.&nbsp; The players in Blades do so much more direction of what fiction is created, even if the GM is doing the actual legwork with speaking, that it's not exactly fair to say that the GM generates the majority of the fiction, even if the majority of the words spoken are by the GM.&nbsp; This is where I think a key point is being elided by your claim.&nbsp; It's like saying that both unshorn poodles and chihuahuas are covered in fur -- this leaves quite a bit of information about the differences between poodles and chihuahuas out.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8255098, member: 16814"] I'm uncertain where you're trying to go here. This seems like a set up for something, but I don't think it's saying what you think it does, given your other arguments in this thread. Does the GM create fiction in Blades? Yes, of course they do, this is an uncontroversial statement. Can that be considered the majority of content generation? Here I'm very much going to disagree. If I get to oblige you to generate specific kinds of fiction, then it's hard to say that you're the primary generator of fiction, even if this is so by volume of words. The players in Blades do so much more direction of what fiction is created, even if the GM is doing the actual legwork with speaking, that it's not exactly fair to say that the GM generates the majority of the fiction, even if the majority of the words spoken are by the GM. This is where I think a key point is being elided by your claim. It's like saying that both unshorn poodles and chihuahuas are covered in fur -- this leaves quite a bit of information about the differences between poodles and chihuahuas out. [/QUOTE]

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