Does Eberron fandom correllate to experience with other non-D&D RPGs?

[trancejeremy]

Hmmm, based on the results so far, it seems like it doesn't matter.

73 people out of 104 like Eberron. 42 of them say they have played a lot of other RPGs, which is 57%.

28 out of 104 don't like Eberron. 12 of them say they have played a lot of rpgs. That's 42%.

15% difference, but with such a small sample size, I'd say it's not that significiant, since it's basically 50% +/- 8%.

I would wager you could come up with a poll like "Does Eberron fandom correlate to the enjoyment of the Village People" and you would get similar results.

Furthermore, the whole phrasing of the question and or first post is very biased, being pro Eberron and pro-elistist, basically implying "If you don't like Eberron, you just aren't gamer enough, hrrrrmph".

 

[Nightfall]

Uhm I don't hate Eberron but I don't like it either. Has nothing to do with Warforged or Changlings. (I like them.) (Shifters...less so). Dinasours and lost contients are fine by me. No, what bothers me is there's no room for Orcus or his crew to do their thing OR even room for other stuff that I might like.

Other than that, I'm pretty indifferent to Eberron. But that's all good for me. I still like Keith Baker.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I'm a big fan of non-D&D roleplaying games and of previous, non-traditional D&D settings - Planescape, Spelljammer, Ravenloft, and so forth. I love Eberron, and I certainly correlate my interest in Eberron with my interest in non-traditional/non-D&D gaming.

Of course, I'm interested in non-traditional D&D and non-D&D gaming at least partly because I'm not interested in traditional, pseudo-medieval, Tolkienesque D&D gaming . . .

 

[Nightfall]

Which is probably why you won't go and see the Dragonlance animated movie huh Mh? *is kidding*

 

[Wayside]

I'm an "Eberron hatah" because I'm not conservative and traditional in my roleplaying tastes, and I find Eberron to be rather conservative and traditional. Being of the "substantial experience with non-D&D RPGs" group, that seems to put me totally opposite your hypothesis.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Which is probably why you won't go and see the Dragonlance animated movie huh Mh? *is kidding*

Heh. I'm quite likely to, out of loyalty to my eleven-year-old self who would demand that I go.

 

[jokamachi]

Eberron blows.

 

[Nightfall]

Heh. I'm quite likely to, out of loyalty to my eleven-year-old self who would demand that I go.

Well good to know.

Jok,

That was uncalled for.

 

[The Shaman]

I don't like Eberron and I've had substantial experience with non-D&D RPGs.

Take that, J-Dawg's Preconcieved Notion!

For whatever it's worth, I prefer non-D&D RPGs - my favorite games have always been in genres than other fantasy.

 

[Aaron L]

Eberron blows.

Quite constructive.

Mature as well!

"Blows"! How ever did you come up with that thoughful response?


I like Eberron. It isnt my ideal setting. There are things I dont like about it (some very fundamental things). I dislike the idea of the PCs being unique, destiny blessed "players" while the mass of humanity are putzes, it is too much like "0 level peasants" for me. I dislike the jungle Goth elves. Im not too keen on changelings and shifters, Watered down Dopplegangers and a token "feral" race doesnt do it for me (but I have my own personal grief with an overabundance of humanoud races)

I DO like the take on clerics as holy knights immersed in the Mysteries of thier religion. I like the god/church/priest relationship. which allows for corrupt clergy who still recieve spells. I REALLY like the Raksasha Rajah/Great Old One feel, and the whole demonic war idea of the planets prehistory. The Lovecraftian elements are present and widespread, yet subtle, and I love that.

I LOVE the inclusion of psionics, and the kalashtar especially, and even if Im not thrilled with the psionic implementation as manipulations of dreamstuff, I still find iy interesting and can reconcile it with my own ideas about psionics.

On the a whole I think its pretty neato, and an excellent setting for D&D specifically. There are far more things I like about it than dislike.

I havent played that many RPGs; mostly D&D, some Mechwarrior, Call of Cthulhu, and maybe half a dozen others. I usually personally prefer "traditional" Tolkienesque fantasy settings. (but love psionics and Lovecraftian ideas thrown in. Hell, that sentence describes my homebrew setting, ha ) But I think that Eberron was a good thing for D&D, and I would quite enjoy playing in that world.