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<blockquote data-quote="DWChancellor" data-source="post: 7826362" data-attributes="member: 96184">I don't see how this market is much different than art, or performance in that there are many many more really talented people who are driven to create than there are people driven to pay full price for value.I walk into a Morton Arboretum (a non-profit taken over by MBA parasites but that's another discussion) Artist's Guild show and see fully masterful pieces by two dozen people only two or three of whom have ever made much money off of it.Street performers around my city perform at a very high level and... get to perform in the street.I don't see a difference for game designers and RPG writers.&nbsp; The internet has only exacerbated this by making access to the public trivial while at the same time making access by the public trivial.&nbsp; Without any gating, huge numbers of hopefuls jump in and design/write their hearts out.You might say, &quot;why doesn't my society better support the people who can't help themselves trying to make the world richer and more wonderful,&quot; but it isn't like Europe and every other continent isn't covered in hopeful never-makes it too.&nbsp; I just don't see how this boils down to anything more than the fundamental question: do we as a society want to &quot;liberate&quot; people from their base needs so they can freely and without dire consequence &quot;do.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DWChancellor, post: 7826362, member: 96184"] I don't see how this market is much different than art, or performance in that there are many many more really talented people who are driven to create than there are people driven to pay full price for value. I walk into a Morton Arboretum (a non-profit taken over by MBA parasites but that's another discussion) Artist's Guild show and see fully masterful pieces by two dozen people only two or three of whom have ever made much money off of it. Street performers around my city perform at a very high level and... get to perform in the street. I don't see a difference for game designers and RPG writers. The internet has only exacerbated this by making access to the public trivial while at the same time making access [I]by[/I] the public trivial. Without any gating, huge numbers of hopefuls jump in and design/write their hearts out. You might say, "why doesn't my society better support the people who can't help themselves trying to make the world richer and more wonderful," but it isn't like Europe and every other continent isn't covered in hopeful never-makes it too. I just don't see how this boils down to anything more than the fundamental question: do we as a society want to "liberate" people from their base needs so they can freely and without dire consequence "do." [/QUOTE]

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