Re: WoW - I wonder....

In a message dated 8/25/2006 12:23:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nils@???????????.de writes:

No,  becuase first of all many of the mainstream players weren't even born 
when  SJ came out and they'll cry "u noobs stole from wow, u teh  
suck!!!1!",
 
Unfortunately I agree with this statement. There would be no use trying to  
explaining to them that SJ came first because they would be thinking you a 
liar.  Even if you brought the original books with you they might accuse you of 
making  fake books. Especially since they were put out by the now defunct TSR.



And second, I remember Disney once made a movie which basically  
transplanted treasure island into space. Granted, that was sailing ships  
powered by rocket motors (if I recall correctly) but I think it still  
flopped.
 
It may have flopped but I rather liked it. But as an SJ fan I may be  
prejudiced. Of course the fact I'm also one of the rare straight furry gamers  may 
have something to do with it (in the one and only SJ campaign I got to play  I 
was a lupin ranger with mind flayers as my species enemy...Gods I miss playing  
him)



I fear SJ is one of those strange fringe genres that simply  aren't cut out 
to make it in the mainstream. I think that generations of  players who grew 
up with actual space travel and rockets can't suspend  their disbelief 
enough for SJ to work.


I was born in 1972 and yet I find SJ to be the best setting of all time.  
Only Eberron comes close in the newest edition of the rules as far as settings  
go.