I prefer hypotheticals, because people tend to give less situational answers. They tend to think about a variety of related scenarios and give more thoughtful responses. I don't always care that a specific answer ends up right, or even that I start out with the right answer, so much as I care about studying what people have to offer and teasing out what I feel is the truth out of the collective opinions presented. If it's the one I originally started with, so be it. I've learned a lot even today. I wish the environment had been a little friendlier, but things happen. So, I'll keep asking hypotheticals. I maintain an OGL FAQ for the benefit of neophyte publishers (particularly any new FUDGE publishers) and I like asking tough questions to make sure I have the best grasp I can have on the license. My FAQ is one of the most extensive around and includes a lot of subject matter areas that some of the others don't touch upon. I think avatar was saying to Chris that if *he*
doesn't want to get into a debate about how part of the OGL works he should
stick to specifics.
I do enjoy the debates, when they are
friendly, as they have helped me see a lot of things about the OGL that I didn't
get when I first joined this list.
I do think the debate has
gone a little bit overboard this time. I guess that if people you write
to don't realise that you are trying to sort out issues, they might
easily interpret questions as some sort of attack on them. Still as you
said, things happen sometimes.
I hope you carry on putting in your
hypothetical discussions from time to time. I like the way that you try to get
things about the OGL clear and if I see areas that I think you have missed, I'll
continue to point them out or ask you for clarification.
David Shepheard
Webmaster Virtual Eclipse Science Fiction Role Playing Club http://virtualeclipse.aboho.com/ http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/virtualeclipselrp/ |
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