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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5292666" data-attributes="member: 65637"><p>There are <em>tons</em> of indy games that were made in the 90's. They weren't pretty, but they were made by people who really an truly loved their game and their hobby. People spent a long time crafting these tabletop games for others to enjoy, regardless of the fact tht they were just one small group of people making it.</p><p></p><p>And you know what happened?</p><p></p><p><em>They sucked.</em> Turns out enthusiasm isn't a replacement for skill. You can't replace quality with love. People didn't play Vampire: the Masqerade because the editing and book format was terrible, they played it because it was fun to play.</p><p></p><p>In the splat avalanche at the birth of the OGL, probably <em>hundreds</em> of fan made submissions hit every website and FLGS. Most of them were made by people who really and honestly thought their product was amazingly good. They were made out of love. And they were also <em>terrible</em>.</p><p></p><p>In both of these examples, the byproducts died. They didn't make money, so now they aren't being made anymore. I really hope for the sake of the hobby as a whole that your desire for it <em>does not</em> come true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 5292666, member: 65637"] There are [I]tons[/I] of indy games that were made in the 90's. They weren't pretty, but they were made by people who really an truly loved their game and their hobby. People spent a long time crafting these tabletop games for others to enjoy, regardless of the fact tht they were just one small group of people making it. And you know what happened? [I]They sucked.[/I] Turns out enthusiasm isn't a replacement for skill. You can't replace quality with love. People didn't play Vampire: the Masqerade because the editing and book format was terrible, they played it because it was fun to play. In the splat avalanche at the birth of the OGL, probably [I]hundreds[/I] of fan made submissions hit every website and FLGS. Most of them were made by people who really and honestly thought their product was amazingly good. They were made out of love. And they were also [I]terrible[/I]. In both of these examples, the byproducts died. They didn't make money, so now they aren't being made anymore. I really hope for the sake of the hobby as a whole that your desire for it [I]does not[/I] come true. [/QUOTE]
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