08-11-2010, 04:18 AM
Looks like I'm alone on this one.
Where I am coming from is the Mystara Fan Community. There we have a long tradition of thoroughly going through every obscure source we can find, analyzing every phrase for details.
This might seem strange at first, but if you take a look at pandius.com, you will see the pretty amazing results of these discussions.
Contradicting sources is also not a problem. You would be surprised at the creative ideas fans can come up with trying to reconcile two statements that at first glance are completely opposite.
On the matter of published material compared to things people make up themselves, I think that the advantage published material has is that it is the common ground for people who communicate on forums. People are usually more interested in reading my material if I can connect it to something "official" rather than present something that I have come up with completely by myself. Most people are Mystara fans or Blackmoor fans, not Havard fans. Which is fine
-Havard
Where I am coming from is the Mystara Fan Community. There we have a long tradition of thoroughly going through every obscure source we can find, analyzing every phrase for details.
This might seem strange at first, but if you take a look at pandius.com, you will see the pretty amazing results of these discussions.
Contradicting sources is also not a problem. You would be surprised at the creative ideas fans can come up with trying to reconcile two statements that at first glance are completely opposite.
On the matter of published material compared to things people make up themselves, I think that the advantage published material has is that it is the common ground for people who communicate on forums. People are usually more interested in reading my material if I can connect it to something "official" rather than present something that I have come up with completely by myself. Most people are Mystara fans or Blackmoor fans, not Havard fans. Which is fine
-Havard
Currently Running: The Blackmoor Vales Saga
Currently Playing: Daniel S. Debelfry in the Throne of Star's Campaign
Currently Playing: Daniel S. Debelfry in the Throne of Star's Campaign