Here in the New Mexico desert, I began playing D&D in about 6th grade, around 1983? And still play. It is still better than online or computer games. Although the ability to play fantasy games with others around the world is very cool, I still like sitting around with friends and throwing the dice. Maybe that's why I prefer craps to any other casino game.
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Troy Lawson <[email protected]> wrote: > For me there is a BIG difference between inspiration and plagiarism I > played a LOT of pen and paper ice games myself and I ( though retired now ) > see a LOT of those elements in computer games however people don't call > them stolen. > > Oh and while Tolkien was the first to do a large novel he was by no means > the first to write about elves, dwarf's etc so was he stealing from > mythology ? ( and all the authors that wrote similar smaller stories etc > before him ? ) > > Though my main argument here is nothing was plagiarized so why the fuss ? > > Troy Lawson > > PS I live in Austrlia and we had dice Dungeons and dragon's games but they > where rare compared to other places in the world. As far as I know pretty > much every western country had them it just depends what you where in at > the time Gary Gygax released them ( 80's to 90's for me but I believe it > was released some time in the 1970's and had dice from 4 sides to 100 ( > looks like a golf ball lol ). > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Discussion with friend about Kelewan > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:43:56 +0000 > > > We'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't have been for that pesky > J.K. Rowling! > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > Sent: 30/03/2013 20:43 > To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Discussion with friend about Kelewan > > It's why I coined Feist's Second Axiom: Don't presume the universe > evolved in the order you discovered it. > > > Best, R.E.F. > > On Mar 30, 2013, at 1:29 PM, "Smith, Boyd W SSG NG NG NGB" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > *FACEPALM* > > > > The human race is so doomed. > > > > bws > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, March 29, 2013 13:31 > > Subject: Re: Discussion with friend about Kelewan > > To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > > > > > >> > >> On Mar 28, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Alexis duprey < wrote: > >> > >>> I've always believed that execution is almost always greater than > idea. Even if he did have some stuff that were part of EPT that > >> remained he did something completely different from what Barker > >> did with it. It's like saying every fantasy author inspired by > >> Tolkien is plagiarizing his work.. > >>> > >>> O > >> > >> I once got a fan letter (back before email) from a kid in Illinois > >> who wanted to know if I thought that Tolkien guy was ripping off > >> Dungeons and Dragons. > >> > >> Best, R.E.F. > >> > >> ---- > >> www.crydee.com > >> > >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained > >> away by stupidity. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
