thread: 2010-10-27 : The player/MC line
On 2010-10-29, Chris Chinn wrote:
Reading that thread, there's a specific thing to AW that doesn't apply universally - in AW, the MC has guidelines and principles for authorship and the players don't beyond "Make your characters real".
When John is talking about crossing a line, what it seems he's really saying is, "Don't do shit that asks the players to take up the MC's role in areas which would need the MC's guidelines". Hence why the focus is for them to make choices/input coming from the place of the character, which is where players are working from in AW.
But the general idea of lines being crossed? All we're talking about is the ability to input on everyone else's input- and like Ben is saying, that's the only way things are interesting.
The specific system or rules determine HOW we can input on each other's stuff and makes one system fun in some ways vs. others.
