Hello,
Christopher DeLisle wrote:
> The world would be a boring place if everyone
> agreed on everything.
Indeed. :-)
> Are you a member of the D&D Community?
> Are you a member of the Open Gaming Community?
>
> >From your posts, think it is safe to say that you don't consider yourself a
> member of the D&D Community. But you certainly are a member of the Open
> Gaming Community.
No, I don't consider myself part of the D&D community as i don't contribute. At
best i would be a leech. I'm not on any of the mailing lists, i don't buy any
D&D products (Well except for the 3e PHB, but I think that is cosmic law to buy.
:-), I don't run or play in, any D&D games, don't buy any D&D products, don't go
to any of the D&D newsgroups, etc. Although I do have a subscription to Dragon,
so maybe I'm not a complete leech. :-)
> It would be more accurate to say the the Open Gaming Community intersects
> the D&D Community.
Sounds good.
> While I don't agree with the "Open Gaming Community is a subset of the D&D
> Community" statement, even if it were, the D&D Community is a subset of
> the Gaming Community as a whole making the Open Gaming Community is a subset
> of the Gaming Community as a whole. To me, thinking of the OG Community as
> a separate entity undermines its purpose, strength and usefulness.
Like you said. Probably won't agree. I think one of those things will be what
purpose and usefulness mean in relation to the OG community.
> >I also see it as a development community, although I know that isn't really
> all
> >that accurate. Comes from what side of the house I'm on i suppose.
>
> I see that side of things as the Open Gaming Development Community, a subset
> of the Open Gaming Community which devotes itself to developing new OGC.
Sounds good to me. :-)
> There are more applications to the D20Logo than just D&D compatible OGC.
> The D20STL is not very restrictive at all. Like I stated in a previous
> post, you can publish a completely new rules system under the OGL, make it
> open, and then turn around and publish later supplements to that rule system
> using the D20 Logo.
Technically you could. But that would probably not be in line with the spirit of
the D20 STL. :-)
Have Fun,
Darren
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