Inquiry posted at rpg.net

[James McMurray]

The question is "Why does anyone praise this as a system?"

Found here.

[RPGPundit]

Most of the people involved in that thread are idiots. Amber is a great system the same way that Diplomacy is a great system. Its one of the few truly workable truly brilliant rules-lite mechanics, and it encourages creative description in a way so many other systems tried and failed at doing, and encourages roleplaying likewise.

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[brettmb2]

The nice thing about it is that the simplicity doesn't paint you into a corner like most of the "story games" do. In other words, you have a lot of freedom, which promotes storytelling instead of forcing you to tell a story.

[James McMurray]

Tell them, not me.

[Malleus Arianorum]

:stirthepot:

[Jason D]

Most of the people involved in that thread are idiots.

I think you've got it reversed.

Most of the 50+ posts on that thread are in support of Amber's system, with one or two critics (including one complete fool I've long ago placed on my ignore list).

[Croaker]

I figured as much, thus my incomprehension of pundit's comment.

[James McMurray]

I have a theory that Pundit reads a post far enough to determine whether the poster agrees with him or not. If they don't, he reads the whole thing to stoke his hate furnaces. Once he's read at least a part of them all, he decides how many people are for and against him based on the number of words he's read, not the number of posts.

Or he might just have a blind spot for usernames that aren't on his Watch List, and so think that one very vocal anti-Amber poster is really 15 people making seperate, but strangely related, posts.

[RPGPundit]

I think you've got it reversed.

Most of the 50+ posts on that thread are in support of Amber's system, with one or two critics (including one complete fool I've long ago placed on my ignore list).

Well maybe, but the most vocal ones, the ones who are actually INVOLVED and directing the thread, are idiots.

Note that some of the defenders of Amber on that thread are idiots too, because they're engaging in poor apologetics, failing to do a good job to explain WHY the other guys are idiots.

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[Seanchai]

Note that some of the defenders of Amber on that thread are idiots too, because they're engaging in poor apologetics, failing to do a good job to explain WHY the other guys are idiots.

Can't we just tar them with the Swine brush and be done with it?

Seanchai

[Trevelyan]

I've added my tuppence to the debate.

[gabriel_ss4u]

Tell them, not me.

Ummm...
Just who was asking that 1st question?

Oh, thought so... send them a link too...
I agree with the 1st 2 replies.

[Trevelyan]

I've added my tuppence to the debate.

I should probably add that I'm know as Mozart in those parts.