In a message dated 09/16/2000 6:14:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Well, I guess I'm not associated with the OGF, so I can't say for sure, but > I > >will speculate. The OGF is concerned with open gaming in general. > > Where do you get that idea? The OGF is Ryan Dancey and Wizards of the Coast > at this point, and neither has expressed any public interest in bringing > other game systems into the foundation and promoting them. The OGF may be limited to a small group within the gaming community, but that is not permanent. It's new. The ONLY way it is going to grow is through support, open-mindedness, and trust. I don't see any solid evidence for all of this mistrust. Many of you are just making assumptions based on conspiracy theories and corporate stereotypes. I am willing to listen to your "side" but you need to give me real proof, not just angry assumptions. If the OGF is only about "WotC and the OGL" then that is because they are the only ones who have supported it and worked for it. Ryan has asked for volunteers. If some of you still want the OGF to survive and grow a certain way then you should volunteer and work for what you want. Some of you have privately told me that if I volunteered, then I would just be a puppet, a lie, and a fan in a WotC fan club. Regardless of the truth, three facts persist: 1. The Open Gaming Movement will die without diversity. 2. The Open Gaming Movement will die without effort to keep it alive. 3. The current OGF and OGL are the strongest factors in the Open Gaming Movement at this time. WotC, Ryan, the OGL and the OGF can _help_ the Open Gaming Movement _if_ and only if the various members of the gaming community work off of the strength they have provided rather than against it. However, if we look at their influence as intrusive and dominating then we are dooming the Open Gaming Movement to mediocrity and it will be nothing more that what WotC makes it, and rightly so. If you want the Open Gaming Movement to flourish, then do something for it. Do it with WotC, do it parallel to WotC ... it just doesn't matter. Make it happen however you can, but don't drag down those who are trying to do it in their own way. I'll shut up now. I just burned dinner. : ( Maggie ------------- For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
