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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 5821366" data-attributes="member: 2174">There's a fair amount of time-dilation going on in this classics vs. Living Greyhawk debate. To wit, the shift in preferences in RPGA play started years before Living Greyhawk, and really began with the Living City campaign. Before third edition had arrived, Living campaigns (including Living Death and Living Jungle) were outdrawing classic characters-provided events, and in aggregate a convention like Origins would have had three times as much Living play as classic play. Many regional conventions around 1997 or so were almost completely composed of Living City events, and most game days across the country existed solely to provide Living City play, with no classics on offer.This is before 2000 and Living Greyhawk. This is before Living Greyhawk had even been conceived.Classic play endured (even if de-emphasized) at least through 2002, when I was transferred off the RPGA staff and stopped paying close attention. (Tables were still scored at this point, so that didn't have anything to do with Living Greyhawk's launch, either.) I understand classic play ceased completely shortly thereafter, but this was a culmination of long-running trends, and cannot be laid at the feet of LG.--Erik</blockquote>