thread: 2005-09-02 : Meg on Ritual
On 2005-09-06, Marco wrote:
Erm, no—I wasn't thinking about you. Some stuff Tony has said: (of Capes "The game is, deliberately, "Step on another players toes, then resolve it with mechanics."")
And of Dogs: "As you said, you called him a bully to his face, just for using the system as it was meant to be used." (referent directly to players getting disturbed or stepped on).
Additionally Ron's comments about how it's an IIEE thing (which, IMO, is about participant A objecting to Participant B and either being able to do something about it or not—but I might be misreading him there).
I think your B and C are our common ground and when you are playing with someone who has an A-attitude you got problems. But I think that people with A-attitudes are seeing these games and going "great, I dig this!"
And the game may be great for it—but if a game is meant to be powerful, deeply felt, and real, then it isn't a place for getting stepped on or bullied.
-Marco
