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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smerwin29" data-source="post: 3758581" data-attributes="member: 15050">Ok, although I was an administrator in the LG campaign, and I am currently a Factionmaster in the Xen'drik Expeditions campaign, here is my speculation, based on no inside knowledge whatsoever.  I think some players see the voluminous canon of FR as a burden, and others see it as benefit.  The 4e version of FR, I suspect, is going to "reset" a lot of information.  I don't think that which has passed before is going to be ignored, but the concept of the Spellplague could essentially wipe out all but a few of the most powerful NPCs.  All of the leaders of every nation could be dead, giving new opportunities for writers and players to flesh out the Realms without the worry of "canon-fanatics" raining on the parade.  That is not to say that the history cannot be used and shouldn't be important, because there are too many good storylines and plotlines available.Let me talk about campaign consequences and integration with novels.  While I will admit the online character tracker and reporting does not work 100% correctly all the time, it works well enough to use.  And one of the major benefits of online tracking, which people usually gloss over in their haste to criticize a system they have never used, is that online tracking makes it very easy to track results of adventures and figure campaign consequences.  One of the reasons why it is hard in LG to have players affect the plotlines is there is no easy means of reporting, so it ends up being informal calls to send results to an email address, or collecting haphazard data from a single convention, or a small group of conventions.  Online tracking makes it possible for every single table to contribute to the collective direction of a story.  And if the table has to be reported for the characters to get credit (xp and gp), you know you are getting the results of almost every table.What has the RPGA learned from previous and existing campaigns?  A great deal.  However, as you say, players all want different things, so the lessons learned are still only as useful as the campaign staff is at predicting the often-changing whims of the players.  Sometimes changes that the players have railed against have turned out much better for the campaign as a whole.  Sometimes changes players have applauded have hurt campaigns.  But I do know this for sure.  The RPGA Content Manager Chris Tulach rose from the rank of player to LG Triad member to LG Circle member before his hiring by WotC.  If anyone knows about Living campaigns inside and out, top to bottom, it is him.  I can't think of anyone better to build a Living campaign from the ground up.Shawn</blockquote>

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