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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9185241" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I agree with this completely.That said, I have re-read the original post several times. And ... it's not clear, at all, what exactly happened. It's very vague at certain points.We do know that Jennell Jaquays wanted a change because she didn't like that the "s" was dropped from the term. Here-In 2023, for better or for worse, this term was changed to xandering. I want to offer a brief explanation for why this happened.First, Jennell Jaquays wanted a change. She didn’t like that the term dropped the “s” from her name. Her name is very important to her.And then it gets a little vague for a while. And then there is this-The final factor here is that I had also been working on So You Want to Be a Game Master, a book in which I discussed non-linear dungeon design that had originally used the term “jaquaying.” So I contacted the publisher and said, “We need to make sure we change this term.”Long story short, this created a legal question. Not an arduous or terrible one. But one that resulted in the conclusion, “There is some risk in using a word based on someone else’s name. Let’s not do that.”It's never actually stated anywhere explicitly, but it does seem a lot like Jaquays wanted the name to accurately reflect her own name, and that they had a conversation to do so, and then there was a conversation later with the publisher, and Alexander went a different direction.Is this what happened? I don't know. The language in the post is very imprecise.Is it possible it is unintentionally imprecise? Sure!Is it possible it is intentionally vague in order that people might misunderstand it? Sure!But unless and until I actually get more explicit confirmation from Jennell Jaquays, I'm going to hold off on making favorable inferences when it comes to this particular blog post.</blockquote>

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