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Editorial RPG Codex Editorial: Without Map, Compass, or Destination - MRY on RPG Writing

Murk

Murk

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MRY said:
Murk I don't disagree, but that's why I find the term unhelpful. "The recipe calls for this dish to be seasoned to taste, but it was not seasoned to my taste" doesn't help me much (as a consumer or creator). Many people criticize Lovecraft's writing as being purple. You say that's the point and it's great; many readers (including me, probably) would agree; but many others say, no, it's not great, it's embarrassingly bad. The older I get the less convinced I am that there's any way to get to a "right" answer here. When I tried to rewatch the show in law shcool, Babylon 5's writing struck me as cringe-worthily maudlin and filled with "bag of sand" nonsense; as an 8th grader, I thought it was transcendent and poetic. Lots of editors of this esteemed magazine still think it's transcendent and poetic. Who am I to say older-MRY is right and younger-MRY and all these other folks are wrong?
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I agree, my post was more aimed at Verylittlefishes and was complementary to the points you were making -- at least, I perceive it as such ;D
 
Verylittlefishes

Verylittlefishes

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Murk said:
MRY said:
Murk I don't disagree, but that's why I find the term unhelpful. "The recipe calls for this dish to be seasoned to taste, but it was not seasoned to my taste" doesn't help me much (as a consumer or creator). Many people criticize Lovecraft's writing as being purple. You say that's the point and it's great; many readers (including me, probably) would agree; but many others say, no, it's not great, it's embarrassingly bad. The older I get the less convinced I am that there's any way to get to a "right" answer here. When I tried to rewatch the show in law shcool, Babylon 5's writing struck me as cringe-worthily maudlin and filled with "bag of sand" nonsense; as an 8th grader, I thought it was transcendent and poetic. Lots of editors of this esteemed magazine still think it's transcendent and poetic. Who am I to say older-MRY is right and younger-MRY and all these other folks are wrong?
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I agree, my post was more aimed at Verylittlefishes and was complementary to the points you were making -- at least, I perceive it as such ;D
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You've got a point, for instance, I finally surrendered and just skipped through the second half of PoE's pointless walls of text.
 
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