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<blockquote data-quote="turkeygiant" data-source="post: 7689766" data-attributes="member: 6787083">I see a lot of similarities between these unauthorized &quot;fan-made&quot; systems and the &quot;fan-made&quot; superhero movies you see looking for support on Indiegogo all the time. With the movies in particular the creators are always looking for the attention of the right's holders, as if the quality of the content they are misappropriating will somehow convince the owner to give them the real license.This is a huge mistake, the way to get the attention of potential investors and partners isn't to show what you can do with something where much of the creative work has already been done for you, you need to show that you can accomplish great things starting from scratch.Taking things back to RPGs, I would much rather see these groups be creating their own unique games. Be inspired by Star Trek and Mass Effect sure, but make your system something that stands on its own. Then maybe you will catch the attention of the rights holder, and they will have a better disposition towards partnering with you because you haven't been playing fast and loose with their copyright.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="turkeygiant, post: 7689766, member: 6787083"] I see a lot of similarities between these unauthorized "fan-made" systems and the "fan-made" superhero movies you see looking for support on Indiegogo all the time. With the movies in particular the creators are always looking for the attention of the right's holders, as if the quality of the content they are misappropriating will somehow convince the owner to give them the real license. This is a huge mistake, the way to get the attention of potential investors and partners isn't to show what you can do with something where much of the creative work has already been done for you, you need to show that you can accomplish great things starting from scratch. Taking things back to RPGs, I would much rather see these groups be creating their own unique games. Be inspired by Star Trek and Mass Effect sure, but make your system something that stands on its own. Then maybe you will catch the attention of the rights holder, and they will have a better disposition towards partnering with you because you haven't been playing fast and loose with their copyright. [/QUOTE]

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