Maybe it's "Authored" vs. "Emergent"

[NichG]

This thread isn't about good DM-ing vs bad DM-ing, or about what players will or won't accept. Part of the advantage of introducing new terms that are designed to both highlight some positive aspect of a style is to get away from any kind of exploratory discussion collapsing into 'are you saying my personal DM-ing style is bad?!' sorts of arguments.

Authored games can be good. Emergent games can be good. Someone can want to play something from an authored stance. Someone can want to play something from an emergent stance.

Making this about 'I have to argue that the terms of meaningless in order to defend my own DM-ing style' is basically like baiting people to attack you so you can defend... Whether DM-ing style is appropriate is ultimately just between you and your players - you don't owe the forum to run a game in a way that no one on here could object to, and people on here don't owe wanting to play a game in the style you might choose to run whatever that is.