> Actually you are wrong on some points. A search engine takes input (Search
> string) and applies a rule to resolve sucess or failure (Did it find the
> search string?) and produces a result (the found records). It is
considered
> an "Interactive Game". A Generator definately takes input (size of town,
> racial mix, etc), applies a rule to determine sucess or failure (random
> generation of numbers applied to a table for example 15% elf, a score of
> 1-15 would succed for elf ) and produces a result (the random town, the
> random NPC). It is also a interactive game.
>
A search engine is not "gaming software" as the term is EXPLICITY USED
in the definition of "Interactive Game" in the d20STL, go re-read it.
> An organizer might work if you don't allow searches but that wouldn't be
of
> much use. A Mapper might work but hardly needs the SRD or a D20 logo.
>
> Even then I still think they also follow the model given above. All
software
> follows the model for "Interactive game". It depends on granularity. In
> order to use a mapper you probably have to select a menu item or press a
> button. Was the mouse within the bounds of Button A when the left mouse
> button was pressed? True/False. This applies a rule to resolve success of
> failure.
>
BAH, reread it, the definition of "interactive game" as described in the
d20STL
does NOT, repeat NOT apply to all software. I don't care what you've
"heard",
or what Ryan has "said", what matters is what's in the legal documents.
> I have been in the software business a long time and I don't think you can
> write a program with any value without applying a rule to resolve sucess
or
> failure. Computers are binary in nature. It is all success or failure.
>
True enough, but you are missing the whole point. You are 100% correct if
the word
"gaming" is taken out of the definition of Interactive Game, but it is
there. Therefore
Excel, Search Engines, webservers, whatever are NOT interactive games since
they
are NOT "computer gaming software"
Got it?
> Robert
>
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