Re: How to explain "simulationism"

Brian Gleichman posts, in part:

  She's likely thinking that respect was earned by the player
  instead of by the character.

That's a good point.  It's one of my blind spots and I always forget
that people can think this way; I remember being amazed when one of my
players mentioned that one of the most im****tant things about a game
to him was player skill, rather than character skill.

In the case of skill, I'm happy to leave it up to the player as to
which they use; in the case under discussion, though, where we're
talking about characters earning each others' respect, I'm not so
happy with it.  Any suggestions on how to get a player to understand a
more character based world view in this kind of situation?

Warren J. Dew