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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smerwin29" data-source="post: 3824306" data-attributes="member: 15050">Just as background, I run (with three other fine folks) one of the RPGA's campaigns: Xen'drik Expeditions.  So while I do not have direct knowledge of anything happening at WotC (and can't talk about it if I do), I do have a pretty good view of the RPGA, from all sides of the equation.  That doesn't mean I am right in my assumptions and postulations, of course.This is true, but do not equate RPGA with OP.  RPGA is a part of the OP they were talking about, but they are also talking about the other parts of the game making it easier for DMs and players to get together.  There will be some OP tools and programs, I am guessing, that are outside of the RPGA.  OP could mean WotC putting out an adventure in Dungeon, then porting that adventure to the online table top, and then having volunteers run the game online for anyone interested in playing.  And this could fall outside of the RPGA's control.  So while you are correct that they did highlight OP as 1 part of the puzzle, OP does not necessarily equal RPGA.This is true.  The RPGA was the obvious vehicle to put together the first part of a highly oragnized and easy-to-track playtest.  Not the only playtest, of course, but the start of the process.This is where one small two-letter word can make a huge difference.  Yes, the new Living Realms campaign is going to be launched at GenCon 2008, in coordination with the launch of 4e.  That does not mean the LFR campaign is going to be THE VANGUARD of 4E.  It means it will be AT the vanguard of 4e.Now was this said at the presentation that announced 4e, or was this at the RPGA meeting?!  See the difference?!  Of course at the RPGA meeting they are going to say this.I think you and I are on the same page, but we disagree to the matter of degree.  To bring the discussion back around to somewhere near the topic at hand, I have seen people saying that the whole new direction of FR is because they had to do it in order to make the setting viable for the RPGA's new Living Campaign.  In my wildest dreams, that would be true.  The RPGA does not have that much pull in the WotC world.  I know it doesn't.On the other hand, there are people saying the RPGA doesn't matter at all.  It does.  It is a huge and growing group, very diverse in its play styles and membership, that contains the infrastructure which makes it a useful tool to WotC.  And it also has the capability to allow for player feedback into the rest of WotC, in small but significant ways.  So again I say that it is important to see the RPGA for what it is, and not to overstate or understate its relevance within the game and within WotC.</blockquote>

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