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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5143956" data-attributes="member: 3586">3E and the OGL had a huge influence on the internet landscape. It started up EN World. It polarized opinion, so much so that it drove interest in "that which was left behind" - that is, the older rulesets - which in turn led to the formation of Dragonsfoot and, later, the current OSR movement. We also got Necromancer Games and Troll Lord Games, both of which published past and current works of Gary Gygax.It is worth noting that Gary's Lejendary Adventures was first published in 1999, during some of the dark years, just before the publication of 3e. In addition to having his work now published by quite visible publishers, Gary was first writing articles for Dragon magazine, and then, by virtue of the internet, posting regularly on EN World, Dragonsfoot and other places. For a short time, you got him and Rob Kuntz working together and posting on the Pied Piper Publishing boards.Although the rise to prominence of the internet and web has something to do with this, far more was due to the effect that Wizards of the Coast, 3E and the OGL had on the roleplaying scene. The spike in interest in new D&D - and in old D&D - I think really helped bring Gary back to our attention.I don't think Gary owed anything, but we should recognise that the effect of 3E on the roleplaying scene was significant - and probably did bring Gary into contact with a lot of us. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Cheers!</blockquote>

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