Re: OOP Stuff

From: Loren Miller <loren_at_wharton.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 22:52:24 +0000

David Weihe <weihe_at_gsidanet.danet.com> rants:

> Just because all you Johnny-come-latelys don't have it doesn't
> make it utter nonsense :-)

Not my original point, no matter how you read it. My point was that OOP sources cannot be ipso facto proof. Instead of saying "just look at Griffin Mountain" or "right there in black and white on page 42 of the RuneQuest Companion" or "as demonstrated in the Cradle Scenario in Big Rubble" you have to support your statement using something else. One thing that I applaud Avalon Hill for is their record of keeping things in print. Once AH prints something for RQ it's in print forever, and that's something that AH does that I like a lot better than Chaosium's track record at keeping stuff in print. And for every Eldarad AH prints there are two Gods of Glorantha.

Guy Hoyle added:

>When referring to an OOP work, we should also present a summary of
>the relevant material instead of saying "It's in the Big Rubble
>set", or "See Griffin Mountain"; no doubt it's this bad habit which
>has fired the wrath of so many "newcomers".

And this oldtimer who never got Pavis or the Big Rubble during the 6 months of direst poverty during which they were in print...

Cheers,
Loren

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