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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8933132" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>I remember once pointing out that Vincent Baker is listed in the acknowledgements for MHRP, and that this showed us something about patterns of influence in RPG design, and being told (more or less) that I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>But to me, it seems not uncommon for the mainstream to have an origin, and for that origin to involve something or someone who wasn't always mainstream. RPGing doesn't seem especially different to me in this respect from other cultural fields.</p><p></p><p>I think I've used the example of sushi before. I don't know about sushi uptake in the US; but in Australia, 30 years ago sushi was a specialty or niche cuisine - avant garde, even. Now, when I ride past a construction site I can see the guys there eating their sushi out of their little plastic boxes, and every suburban shopping centre or food court has a sushi shop in it.</p><p></p><p>I dunno what the people who ate sushi in Melbourne 30 years ago are eating now. No doubt others take the piss out of them for it. In 30 years maybe that will be mainstream too. I mean, there's no guarantee of that - some niche things remain forever niche - but every bit of culture has to start somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8933132, member: 42582"] I remember once pointing out that Vincent Baker is listed in the acknowledgements for MHRP, and that this showed us something about patterns of influence in RPG design, and being told (more or less) that I was wrong. But to me, it seems not uncommon for the mainstream to have an origin, and for that origin to involve something or someone who wasn't always mainstream. RPGing doesn't seem especially different to me in this respect from other cultural fields. I think I've used the example of sushi before. I don't know about sushi uptake in the US; but in Australia, 30 years ago sushi was a specialty or niche cuisine - avant garde, even. Now, when I ride past a construction site I can see the guys there eating their sushi out of their little plastic boxes, and every suburban shopping centre or food court has a sushi shop in it. I dunno what the people who ate sushi in Melbourne 30 years ago are eating now. No doubt others take the piss out of them for it. In 30 years maybe that will be mainstream too. I mean, there's no guarantee of that - some niche things remain forever niche - but every bit of culture has to start somewhere. [/QUOTE]
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