Has FR "jumped the shark"?

[JeffB]

I JUST found out what that term means yesterday...


When Fonzie Jumped the Shark on waterski's or something on Happy Days...it's a "point of no return" when the novelty has worn off, the appeal is gone, and the show goes downhill...

It's equated usually with TV sitcoms...there's a website about it...So many sitcoms are said to ahve "jumped the shark" when they add a new character out of the blue to try and get people watching again (usually in the from a little kid who has "bowl cut"..heh heh..)..So many american sitcoms have suffered from that malady (little kid with bowlcuts)...

Back to FR....possibly...I love the setting, but I agree...it's just been done to death...there's portions of thw world that could be elaborated on and many FR would like to see that..but sales would probably be poor, and not worth it in the long run...

EDIT:Yikes...alot of people beat me to the punch in that 2 minutes..

 

[Dinkeldog]

Ah!

I didn't know Ted McGinley played D&D.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Ah, OK. Well, I've given up buying FR stuff because I can't afford it and I've just slowly gone off the setting...but I don't think it has jumped the shark. The FRCS is excellent, and I'd hold it up as an example of how to publish a really good campaign setting all in one book.

 

[novyet]

actually, if i am not mistaken, he jumped it on waterskis, leather jacket and all

Yeah, I think you're right If only we still got that channel that plays old shows like that.

 

[ashockney]

Who in the hell is Ted McGinley?

Yeah it's addressed above...

Has the setting worn off the novelty, gone too far, will it ever be the best again?

Is that why WOTC is conducting a setting search?

Sorry, forgot how diverse this website was, I should have explained.

Definitely not intended to be a take on EN WORLD's famous "SHARK".

As for my opinion:

Elminster in Hell? Hmmm....I hear the engine revving up...

 

[Maraxle]

Ah!

I didn't know Ted McGinley played D&D.

Ted McGinley truly is a powerful wizard. He can make a show disappear without even trying.

 

[rounser]

Elminster in Hell?

That's a darn good one, actually....

Other possibilities:

Halaster being cured of his insanity and turning good (which happens in EiH, I think)
Manshoon clones everywhere (now everyone can "put an end to his evil")
The Whamite Isles (the FR setting and logo got whored a bit that time around)
Yet More Drow Products Coming Out (probably the most telling one, IMO)

 

[KnowTheToe]

The novels did a long time ago

 

[Davelozzi]

I agree with Crothian, FR lost it back in the 2e days but all the 3e stuff that I've seen has been pretty cool.

KnowTheToe's got a good point too, most of the the novels have always been bad, probably starting with the Avatar trilogy.

The Whamite Isles (the FR setting and logo got whored a bit that time around)

Agreed. Cities of Mystery had this problem too. It's actually a very good product but has zero to do with the Realms. Even the example city that they keep referring to (Sauter, IIRC) was located in the Realms.

 

[Nightfall]

Dunno I have this lovely mental image of Drizzt and Elminster jumping all these dire sharks and the favored of Sekolah/Sahugin(sp)