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So, you want to be an "OSR Superstar"?

Started by Benoist, February 25, 2014, 05:06:24 PM

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RandallS

#15
February 25, 2014, 06:42:37 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;733120I don't see what the big deal is.

Nor do I. It's a contest. People who like OSR gaming and contests will enter. People who aren't into one or the other will not. The name of the contest strikes me as a bit over the top, but then so does Paizo's.
Randall
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RandallS

#16
February 25, 2014, 06:52:52 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;733121If a 10th of the talented people involved in the OSR would crank out original games that didn't use the OGL, now that would be a real "superstar" contest.

I'm interesting in producing TSR-like old school games, so I use the OGLed SRD to do so. There's no reason to reinvent the wheel, after all.

However, even if I were to write a game that had nothing to do with a D&D-like gamesystem, I would still publish it as open game content under the OGL to that others could use it without having to reinvent the "wheel" I created. Why? Because I believe in open source. While I've never written a lot of computer software, every program I've written and released since the early 1990s has been released under an open source license of some type. If you want me to write computer software or tabletop RPGs that are not open source, you are going to have to hire me to do so with a very good wage and lots of benefits -- and zero limits on what I produce on my off hours.
Randall
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Omega

#17
February 25, 2014, 06:57:33 PM
Quote from: Gib;733126I make junk for B/X because I play B/X;  however, I have seriously considered making  all my FRPG stuff system neutral. It just seems a little lazy, that's all. My maps and such are already pretty much system neutral. I'm not really interested in making games, though, OGL based or otherwise. I'm satisfied with what I have

Flying Buffalo has a whole line of system neutral books out that can be dropped into about any fantasy game and run with it.

Rincewind1

#18
February 25, 2014, 06:58:01 PM


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Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Brad

#19
February 25, 2014, 07:07:32 PM
Does superstar in this case translate to, "Dude forty people have heard of?"
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Omega

#20
February 25, 2014, 07:19:49 PM
Quote from: Brad;733147Does superstar in this case translate to, "Dude forty people have heard of?"

I think you are being too generous there...

Endless Flight

#21
February 25, 2014, 07:25:08 PM
I'm not sure it's possible to have more than TWO OSR superstars.

Sacrosanct

#22
February 25, 2014, 08:19:07 PM
Quote from: Benoist;733123I don't think there's a big deal here either. Enough to have a subject of conversation and ask a few questions about how others might perceive it or know about it? You bet.

No, I meant I quite literally can't see the big deal.  I suspect it's because I'm missing something.

Oh, it seems that something was Paizo doing the same thing?
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zarathustra

#23
February 25, 2014, 08:50:46 PM
It's just a contest, you dickwads.

Ronin

#24
February 25, 2014, 09:08:52 PM
Quote from: Omega;733150I think you are being too generous there...

About forty people? Or someone youve heard of?:)
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Votan

#25
February 25, 2014, 10:15:13 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;733163No, I meant I quite literally can't see the big deal.  I suspect it's because I'm missing something.

Oh, it seems that something was Paizo doing the same thing?

I am in the same camp.  Definitely don't see the big deal.

Imp

#26
February 25, 2014, 10:15:57 PM
Is there a dance-off?

JeremyR

#27
February 25, 2014, 10:23:21 PM
Quote from: Omega;733150I think you are being too generous there...

There were almost 350 entries, so with 3 per person, that's at least 100...

Panzerkraken

#28
February 25, 2014, 10:58:30 PM
Quote from: Imp;733174Is there a dance-off?

A walk-off.

It's a walk off.
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Chivalric

#29
February 25, 2014, 11:51:06 PM
Just a blog contest right?

If something usable and cool comes out of it, great.  If not, whatever.
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