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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Sabalauskas" data-source="post: 8194831" data-attributes="member: 6981190">Just noting that the &quot;hobby&quot; of &quot;DnD&quot; for some people, doesn't involve playing the game at all, and they might be just as happy watching their favorite voice actors telling a story in any arbitrary system---as a viewer, they aren't engaging with the rules, so the rules don't matter to them, even if other viewers might get added meaning out watching because they understand the rules. Or are watching because they want to learn the rules. Even if you reject the notion that &quot;non-players&quot; are part of the hobby (which I don't), there would still be cases where &quot;real&quot; (ugh) gamers are watching APs of rules they don't play, or potentially dislike. And perhaps there might be games that someone might dislike as a player at a table (Fate, Call of Cthulhu, Quest, whatever) that they feel are better rules for people to use in streaming actual plays, than other games that they like playing at a table.&nbsp; Maybe I like RuneQuest to play, but don't want to watch other people struggling with strike ranks when playing--so system could &quot;matter&quot; in a different ways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Sabalauskas, post: 8194831, member: 6981190"] Just noting that the "hobby" of "DnD" for some people, doesn't involve playing the game at all, and they might be just as happy watching their favorite voice actors telling a story in any arbitrary system---as a viewer, they aren't engaging with the rules, so the rules don't matter to them, even if [I]other [/I]viewers might get added meaning out watching because they understand the rules. Or are watching because they want to learn the rules. Even if you reject the notion that "non-players" are part of the hobby (which I don't), there would still be cases where "real" (ugh) gamers are watching APs of rules they don't play, or potentially dislike. And perhaps there might be games that someone might dislike as[I] a player at a table[/I] (Fate, Call of Cthulhu, Quest, whatever) that they feel are better rules [I]for people to use in streaming actual play[/I]s, than other games that they like playing at a table. Maybe I like RuneQuest to play, but don't want to watch other people struggling with strike ranks when playing--so system could "matter" in a different ways. [/QUOTE]

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