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2018 ENnie Nominees for Product of the Year - do they matter?

Started by FeloniousMonk, July 04, 2018, 04:22:54 PM

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Rhedyn

#75
October 12, 2018, 11:58:29 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1059716Experience, in the two occasions this has happened, tends to prove you wrong here.  Whenever D&D has been 'dethroned', the hobby itself has hit low points, only to experience significant revivals when D&D is given a new start and regains first place.
The hobby is not necessarily improved by having more people in it.

Alderaan Crumbs

#76
October 12, 2018, 12:02:05 PM
Quote from: FeloniousMonk;1059160Sour grapes eh?

When it comes to anything non-OSR-ish, yes. He's remarkably close-minded at times for such an intelligent person. I guess we all have such moments.
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FeloniousMonk

#77
October 12, 2018, 12:54:27 PM
Quote from: Rhedyn;1059899The hobby is not necessarily improved by having more people in it.

False fact.

More players = more recognition. More recognition = bigger share in the hobby industry. More industry share = more money to write and design games. This is how you dethrone Paizo and WotC.

Stop gatekeeping the hobby from the greater community.

Rhedyn

#78
October 12, 2018, 02:19:04 PM
Quote from: FeloniousMonk;1059907False fact.

More players = more recognition. More recognition = bigger share in the hobby industry. More industry share = more money to write and design games. This is how you dethrone Paizo and WotC.

Stop gatekeeping the hobby from the greater community.
My favorite RPG material tends to be written by people who do RPGs on the side of their main job.

So no, more money for full time writers isn't necessarily the answer. For example, in Starfinder, instead of having weapon/armor creation rules they sell you whole extra books devoted to further fleshing out examples that come from the same basic formula. Fulltimers need money so they write/commission more books and make systems that are enhanced by tons of books.

Also, lol at your bold nonsense. There is no gate keeping in pointing out that people who don't play the games you do, do not necessarily make the industry any better for you.

If 3 billion people were playing FATE, how would that improve the RPGs you play?

SHARK

#79
October 12, 2018, 10:40:51 PM
Quote from: Rhedyn;1059918My favorite RPG material tends to be written by people who do RPGs on the side of their main job.

So no, more money for full time writers isn't necessarily the answer. For example, in Starfinder, instead of having weapon/armor creation rules they sell you whole extra books devoted to further fleshing out examples that come from the same basic formula. Fulltimers need money so they write/commission more books and make systems that are enhanced by tons of books.

Also, lol at your bold nonsense. There is no gate keeping in pointing out that people who don't play the games you do, do not necessarily make the industry any better for you.

If 3 billion people were playing FATE, how would that improve the RPGs you play?

Greetings!

Hello Rhedyn! YOU EVIL GATEKEEPER! Oh...my...I need a safe space and a stuffed animal to hold...Rhedyn is a GATEKEEPER of the hobby!

Get 'em, Rhedyn! Geesus. Such ideological nonsense. Gatekeeper? LOL.

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SHARK
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Itachi

#80
October 13, 2018, 09:39:17 AM
Quote from: Rhedyn;1059899The hobby is not necessarily improved by having more people in it.
True.

See football/soccer for example: the most popular sports on the planet, yet the worse set of rules know to men, prone to all sorts of swindling and unsportsmanlike behavior and maneuver.

RPGPundit

#81
October 15, 2018, 03:32:25 AM
Quote from: Rhedyn;1059899The hobby is not necessarily improved by having more people in it.

Is there a case where it wasn't?

Small Press/Indie games do better when D&D is strong.
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#82
October 15, 2018, 07:23:03 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1060252Is there a case where it wasn't?

Small Press/Indie games do better when D&D is strong.
What version of D&D got the people you rant at into the hobby?

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#83
October 18, 2018, 08:18:09 AM
Quote from: Rhedyn;1060268What version of D&D got the people you rant at into the hobby?

Initially? 2e.
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