One could argue that due to the large amount of OGL'd stuff that is likely to continue being out there indefinately, that 3E, even if it was replaced by whomever owned it at the time, would continue to grow as, if nothing else, a cult classic or the 'free' counter to the 4E.. It could become the 'linux' of the gaming world.. Sure, Linux isn't entirely free, nor would 3E material, but there are some really messed up people that think that corporations who exist to make fat profits are wrong and they would use material from lesser known, obscure companies on a game system that, while being cool, wasn't the 'industry favorite' just to keep their dollars from going to the powerful corps.
.. offering a grain of salt.. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "lizard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] OGL > Ricardo Gladwell wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 Jan 2002 4:52 pm, lizard wrote: > > > >>Ten years from now, if Ryan Dancey's business plan is correct and > >>there's still a paper&pencil gaming market, a lot of games will be based > >>on the SRD, so many that it will be the default for gaming. If WOTC > >>releases a new, "incompatible" system and does not license it under the > >>OGL, it may well be viewed as useless because it won't be compatible > >>with the vast morass of third-party products out there. > >> > > > > all i'll say is where multi-national companies like Hasbro are concerned, > > money talks > > > > Just like it talked for IBM in the late 1980s? > > > > And, besides, most of the fans don't care about the openess, OGL or whatever: > > all they care about is the game. They'll buy anything with D&D/d20 on the > > cover, and WotC own both. > > > But that's the point. They'll have mountains of D20 stuff, which won't be compatible with the '4e' stuff, and > > little hope of conversion. And, more to the point, they can count on NEW > "3e" stuff coming out. Compare to second edition. When the changeover > hit, there was no hope of anyone continuing to produce new "2e" > material, so players had to bite the bullet and switch. But if there is > a non-OGLed "4e", it will have to actively compete with the mountains of > D20 material out there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
