Re: Simulationist versus Dramatist

George W. Harris wrote:
> Sea Wasp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> :George W. Harris wrote:
> :> Sea Wasp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> :> :    Indeed. I'm a dramatic simulationist, myself. Which allows me to 
> :> :look at BOTH sides as made up of wierdos.
> :> :> 	Just out of curiosity, why do you consider 
> :> yourself a dramatic simulationist?
> :> :
> :   I arrange dramatic events on occasion, and am uninterested in 
> :nonheroic games. OTOH, I am also uninterested in a world that lacks 
> :consistency. So I make a world that simulates the dramatic reality.
>
> 	As I suspected, you are using the term 
> 'simulationist' in a manner that differs from the 
> threefold. 

   But in a manner that makes sense to me, because I'm simulating the 
operation of a world, and creating rules that permit the game to do 
that work, rather than my having to just pull it out of my nether 
regions all the time.


--
                    Sea Wasp
                       /^\
                       ;;;      
    http://www.wizvax.net/seawasp/index.htm