Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lOn 1/13/06, Robert
Makowsky <rmakowsky@yahoo.com> wrote:

>  but as a simulationist as well I reject
> random VPs or player assigned VPs that do not reflect
> some sort of actual likely situation.

As a dramatist, I don't even mind if the VP situation is unlikely, but
there
SHOULD be some sort of situation. Context is important for a game to be
emotionally engaging.

*simulationist - gamer that tries to use games (even
> science fiction games) to model real-world or
> real-thinking creature events and actions.  For them
> the fun is seeing what happens when you game events
> given these rules.

Dramatist: - gamer that tries to use games to model fictional
characters,
events and actions. For them the fun is immersion in another universe,
even
if it requires perpetuating absurd cliches.

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