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Same As It Ever Was: Define the Players of RPGs, then Define the Theory of RPGs
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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8459690" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>But, check the dates on those models.</p><p></p><p>Blacow - 1980</p><p>Threefold model - 1998</p><p>Robin Laws - 2002</p><p>Color Theory - 2002</p><p>Meilahti School (part of "Nordic" theory)- 2002</p><p>Turku School (another "Nordic" theory) - 1999</p><p>Channel Theory - 2003</p><p>Forge Theories (GNS and Big Model) - 1999-2005.</p><p></p><p>What has there been since 2005? Can we actually name any? It looks more like there's Blacow, and then a burst of theory around the turn of the century, and then not much new in the past decade. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, imagine I'm from Missouri - the "Show Me" state. It isn't enough to assert that there's a lot out there, we should be able to point to it and say, "There it is!"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Only in comparison to the Wild West. As someone who gives talks on psychological safety in my professional life, and how often what minimal psychological safety we have must be enforced by red text and threadbans, I'd have to say no, EN World isn't good enough for the kind of work that'd be required. </p><p></p><p>I daresay no place so large would be - new theory is not really a job for hundreds of people - it is a job for handfuls of people.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank the powers that be for the cat videos, because we need them to recover from the rest of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8459690, member: 177"] But, check the dates on those models. Blacow - 1980 Threefold model - 1998 Robin Laws - 2002 Color Theory - 2002 Meilahti School (part of "Nordic" theory)- 2002 Turku School (another "Nordic" theory) - 1999 Channel Theory - 2003 Forge Theories (GNS and Big Model) - 1999-2005. What has there been since 2005? Can we actually name any? It looks more like there's Blacow, and then a burst of theory around the turn of the century, and then not much new in the past decade. So, imagine I'm from Missouri - the "Show Me" state. It isn't enough to assert that there's a lot out there, we should be able to point to it and say, "There it is!" Only in comparison to the Wild West. As someone who gives talks on psychological safety in my professional life, and how often what minimal psychological safety we have must be enforced by red text and threadbans, I'd have to say no, EN World isn't good enough for the kind of work that'd be required. I daresay no place so large would be - new theory is not really a job for hundreds of people - it is a job for handfuls of people. Thank the powers that be for the cat videos, because we need them to recover from the rest of it. [/QUOTE]
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