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Message: <blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4555381" data-attributes="member: 70778">What? Put down the ogre-sized hookah.You get many things wrong, so that is understandable.I am saying that when the RPGA runs a D&D event, then you can see by the allowed material what is D&D.In the 80's that was nearly nothing because D&D was pretty much gone by then, so the RPGA had AD&D events. (Never was at a Con back then to know how many D&D v AD&D games were run but sure Frank Mentzer still ran a few...)In the 90's...same thing, but with less D&D.Early 2000's, the RPGA was 3rd edition then 3.5.Now LFR is 4th edition.While I do not consider 4th edition to be D&D, I accept it carries the name, and at least tells me there is a chance it is involved when someone mentions it, unlike someone just saying they play D&D, but have no D&D in it because they use D&D as a general term for just any old RPG, so they can look cool by saying they play D&D.Vampire, Mage, etc set in Forgotten Realms (or even Ravenloft) is not D&D.Likewise playing a Glasswalker in D&D, does not mean you are playing Werewofl(tm).That is the point.People have more interest in fitting in than communicating properly what they are talking about. If you don't play D&D, then don't claim to. It is ok NOT to play D&D. Just tell people the truth about what you are playing.I play Vampire using the Forgotten Realms lore and backdrop.I recall a Nancy Grace episode blaming D&D within the past 2 years for parents neglecting their children when they were talking about WoW because they wanted to over-generalize. Don't be as dumb as Nancy Grace. Learn what you are talking about and say it correctly so that other people will understand you.Playing the Naruto RPG made from the OGL, does not make you playing D&D either.That OGL has confused people into thinking everything is D&D. It needs to stop. (Not the OGL, but people calling things something they are not.)</blockquote>

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