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"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules."
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"We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud."
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"A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline."
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"If you know the rules, it's not anymore interesting the game, but if you don't know them it's interesting... like what's the feeling to be 24 hours at jail, who can you meet at jail. Do you know somebody from the guards...?!"
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"Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things."
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"I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules."
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"You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."
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"I had to realize that the use of samples has its rules, too."
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"And the seventh rule is if this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight."
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"I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do."
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"The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book."
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"There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males."
Adventure
"I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts."
Home
"I foresee online gaming changing when there are good audio-visual links connecting the participants, thus approximating play in a face-to-face group."
Technology
"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time."
Time
"Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff."
Fire
"When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play."
Experience
"Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life."
Life
"There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things."
Experience
"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules."
Rules
"Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women."
Design
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