thread: 2005-04-04 : Participant vs. Author?
On 2005-04-11, Vincent wrote:
H.S.: yes! I'd have it, the rules saying what writing it _means_.
See how, if the game isn't about violence, but instead it's about (say) trust: Does trust create love? Does love create trust? Will love trust even the untrustworthy? See how, if the game isn't about violence, writing "I've learned how to shoot people" or "Firearms ****" on your character sheet doesn't mean the same thing? It still means something, but now what it is is, like, the playground in which the play happens. Shooting people is the backdrop for the issues of trust; substitute "I've learned how to give jaw-dropping backrubs" or "I've learned how to run a 4-minute mile" and the game can still be about trust, cast against a different backdrop.
And then, see how, if the game isn't about anything, writing "I've learned how to shoot people" doesn't mean a damn thing?
