06-23-2011, 12:14 PM
*Ding ding ding ding*
Every contestant, back into his corner.
Aldy,
The thing is, your theory IS logical, and sound, and etc. BUT the simple fact is, it's not true.
We have a couple of written and vocal statements that say otherwise.
The point is, frankly, Mr Gygax was one of the kind that eternally strove to diminish the contributions of virtually anbody else,
and so much of the info is simply hidden, blurred, or virtually impossible to obtain, because some people might not tell you the truth - as idiotic as it is.
Now, as to Ross' compilation of notes, the thing is simply, IT WORKS.
For a long time, it was the only resource available, and it was received by the gaming community as an authority,
to the point where the Zeitgeist Games crew moronically copied and pasted it into their books because they were too lazy to check the resources for themselves. (Be aware that this supposedly means Mr Arneson checked and greenlit it.)
ALSO, and most importantly, I think there is, in general, no definitive answer to events that had no impact on the in-game reality whatsoever. Would, for example, the Temple of the Id being founded a thousand years ago instead of five hundred, impact the actual gaming experience in any noticeable way? - I don't think so.
So, what are we talking about here, again?
Purely fluff info that really can be easily adapted.
If there is anything I would criticise about this thread, it is the false notion that an ongoing game where towns are named after whisky bottles, NPCs after friends and buddies, and dungeons after garden decoration, has anything but a fixed frame and is not subject to endless spontaneous alterations.
Remember, a faithful fictionalized version of the actual real game was never done!
So, PEACE, everybody! IT'S JUST A GAME...
Every contestant, back into his corner.
Aldy,
The thing is, your theory IS logical, and sound, and etc. BUT the simple fact is, it's not true.
We have a couple of written and vocal statements that say otherwise.
The point is, frankly, Mr Gygax was one of the kind that eternally strove to diminish the contributions of virtually anbody else,
and so much of the info is simply hidden, blurred, or virtually impossible to obtain, because some people might not tell you the truth - as idiotic as it is.
Now, as to Ross' compilation of notes, the thing is simply, IT WORKS.
For a long time, it was the only resource available, and it was received by the gaming community as an authority,
to the point where the Zeitgeist Games crew moronically copied and pasted it into their books because they were too lazy to check the resources for themselves. (Be aware that this supposedly means Mr Arneson checked and greenlit it.)
ALSO, and most importantly, I think there is, in general, no definitive answer to events that had no impact on the in-game reality whatsoever. Would, for example, the Temple of the Id being founded a thousand years ago instead of five hundred, impact the actual gaming experience in any noticeable way? - I don't think so.
So, what are we talking about here, again?
Purely fluff info that really can be easily adapted.
If there is anything I would criticise about this thread, it is the false notion that an ongoing game where towns are named after whisky bottles, NPCs after friends and buddies, and dungeons after garden decoration, has anything but a fixed frame and is not subject to endless spontaneous alterations.
Remember, a faithful fictionalized version of the actual real game was never done!
So, PEACE, everybody! IT'S JUST A GAME...