In a message dated 10/17/00 6:15:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>err...well yes. What I mean then is...who decides when the market has
>decided?
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When the people that have done the version that didn't sell stop selling it.
Or go out of business. Or adopt the (OGC) system of their competitor because
no one wants theirs.
>
>(I mean, its all well and good to say "the market decides", but its
>notoriously bad at filing its paperwork. :))
>
>
But its better to do that than try and make some arbitrary decision for them.
>
>I thought part of the point of having an SRD in the first place was to
>provide a "clearinghouse" of standardized rules that were well-accepted.
>As it stands the SRD has "extensions" added on for Medieval Fantasy. I guess
>I actually have several unclear images of what the SRD will be/do. I'm
>wondering as well if we can tolerate multiple extensions for the same genre,
>and how exclusive the genres will be to each other, since they share that
>list of defining terms.
If it is truly supposed to be "open" gaming, then trying to define a specific
version of the methods to do something would be anathema to the basic idea,
at least as espoused by Ryan IIRC.
-Paul @ Team Frog Studios
Publishers of Crunchy Frog & Nightshift Games
www.teamfrog.com
