Re: [ogf-d20-l] 'DM' a permitted term under the OGL?

[lizard]

John Nephew wrote:

> 
> Why Game Moderator rather than Game Master?  It's a Jonathan Tweet thing.
> In Over the Edge, he explains (in that you
> can't-tell-if-he's-half-tongue-in-cheek Jonathan way) that OTE uses
> "moderator" rather than "master" to get out of the "sexist, heirarchical"
> mindset.  I do think "moderator" connotes "we're doing this as a shared
> endeavor and I'm just here to play referee" rather than "I'm the boss, your
> job is to receive my story-making genius."  In the end, one should simply
> make a choice and then be consistent.
> 
There is always the Game Operations Director...:)