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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7587861" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I think there is a very simple explanation for that.</p><p></p><p>Most people haven't been exposed to very many modules.</p><p></p><p>B2 is I believe the most printed module of all time, owing that status to the fact that it was included in the Basic Red Box. As such it was the module the most people of all time were exposed to, and for a great many people probably the only module they were ever exposed to. Further, they were probably exposed to it at a fairly young and impressionable age - if I was exposed to the GI Joe or Transformers cartoon now, I probably wouldn't have the good feelings I feel about them now, that I have because I was exposed to them when I much younger and less discerning of their flaws. So when you take a survey of people, you are going to end up with B2 high ranking on any survey simply by the fact that most people you survey don't have 20 different modules they are really familiar with. The data set is inherently skewed.</p><p></p><p>Is it an important module? Sure. It's importance to the history of the game is undeniable, and not just as its importance to the history of gaming but to the history of a huge percentage of individual players (including myself). But being important isn't the same as being good, as even some of your own evidence suggests:</p><p></p><p>"Yes, trash was also talked about The Keep on the Borderlands. Yes, this is still a pretty archaic module, and it’s still one that isn’t a ton of fun to read. It’s a history book, if nothing else, and one that probably isn’t going to be for everyone." - LitRPG Reads</p><p></p><p>Incidently, I do partially disagree with that. I think TKotB is a reasonably fun module to read with its cunning demihumans and their clever plans for massing to fight the PCs or otherwise outwit them, and it's obscurely hidden treasures. I just don't think the sum is as remotely as good as its parts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7587861, member: 4937"] I think there is a very simple explanation for that. Most people haven't been exposed to very many modules. B2 is I believe the most printed module of all time, owing that status to the fact that it was included in the Basic Red Box. As such it was the module the most people of all time were exposed to, and for a great many people probably the only module they were ever exposed to. Further, they were probably exposed to it at a fairly young and impressionable age - if I was exposed to the GI Joe or Transformers cartoon now, I probably wouldn't have the good feelings I feel about them now, that I have because I was exposed to them when I much younger and less discerning of their flaws. So when you take a survey of people, you are going to end up with B2 high ranking on any survey simply by the fact that most people you survey don't have 20 different modules they are really familiar with. The data set is inherently skewed. Is it an important module? Sure. It's importance to the history of the game is undeniable, and not just as its importance to the history of gaming but to the history of a huge percentage of individual players (including myself). But being important isn't the same as being good, as even some of your own evidence suggests: "Yes, trash was also talked about The Keep on the Borderlands. Yes, this is still a pretty archaic module, and it’s still one that isn’t a ton of fun to read. It’s a history book, if nothing else, and one that probably isn’t going to be for everyone." - LitRPG Reads Incidently, I do partially disagree with that. I think TKotB is a reasonably fun module to read with its cunning demihumans and their clever plans for massing to fight the PCs or otherwise outwit them, and it's obscurely hidden treasures. I just don't think the sum is as remotely as good as its parts. [/QUOTE]
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