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Sandboxes, Railroading and Illusionism in RPGs

Started by RPGPundit, February 22, 2025, 10:39:06 PM

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Spobo

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March 29, 2025, 10:03:27 AM
It might be arrogance but every time I'm not the GM, I end up imagining how I would do everything differently as the GM. It's just more enjoyable.

Ratman_tf

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March 29, 2025, 12:12:23 PM
Quote from: Spobo on March 29, 2025, 10:03:27 AMIt might be arrogance but every time I'm not the GM, I end up imagining how I would do everything differently as the GM. It's just more enjoyable.

Me too. But then, I feel like playing gives me a player's perspective, and that's useful for a GM to have.
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JoannaGeist

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March 29, 2025, 02:47:11 PM Last Edit: March 29, 2025, 02:49:31 PM by JoannaGeist
Quote from: KindaMeh0I mean, in all fairness, none of us would be talking about how we do it if there wasn't some degree of belief that our way was a solid method and/or most useful for us.

Yes. For US. Not others.

Quote from: KindaMeh0Likewise, I do think both of you consider your methods superior, because otherwise why would you be using them.

Answered your own question with your first sentence.
It's superior for ME.

Quote from: KindaMeh0Also both of y'all seem to think that the other has immature players or something.

His players are objectively immature. "Manipulating that sort of gameplay to their advantage" in a game of make believe with no win conditions is immature.

Quote from: blackstoneA bunch of dumb bullshit

Your impressions aren't any of my concern. You are free to hallucinate whatever imaginary messages you wish and believe I said them, if you want to. It's nothing to do with me, or anything I've said. My posts communicate exactly and only what they say, and nothing else. Since you haven't shown that I said you should play how I play, you were wrong, you're a liar, and you're a troll. Do not interact with me on this forum ever again.

Your players are immature, by the way. "You give an inch and they'll take a mile" is a description of the behavior of children.

Quote from: OmegaNo. You've been belittling and putting down any other style of play than your own.

False. Apology accepted.

Quote from: RPGPunditIf you are a traditional failed-author railroading DM, you are trying to be in control of the setting.
If your game has all the players and the DM introducing their failed-author ideas into the game, then you are all rivals in being in control of the setting.

Prove it.

And then explain why anyone should want to be "in control" of a setting.
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