What's the difference between D20 Fantasy and D&D?

[mhacdebhandia]

In Europe, however, the non-native speakers learn to speak in the manner the Brits do.

True, they're taught "received pronunciation", but I've known more than a few Europeans with a very American accent in English - they watch more hours of American television than they spend in their English classes, after all.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

California is like 55 million . . .

Try 35 million.

 

[Storm Raven]

California is like 55 million . . .

36 million actually. At least according to the last census.

California has a larger GDP than the U.K. though.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

California has a larger GDP than the U.K. though.

Fraid not.

 

[BroccoliRage]

They didn't seem to be able to hold on to the territory. I seem to recall a jerry rigged army beat a collection of your best in New Orleans too.

Yeah, didn't you guys keep on trying all the way up until the American Civil War?

We're just cool. Australia gets cool points for being a penal colony, but a rag tag bunch of farmers kicked out an empire the sun was ne'er to set on.

Not that's hard, of course; a scrawny Hindu managed to wrestle a whole subcontinent away from you fellas.

But look at it this way, Stu: If you come to the states, your accent will woo all the american women. Why didn't the Brits just breed us out?

 

[Gentlegamer]

Try 35 million.

+ 20 million Mexicans

 

[WayneLigon]

+ 20 million Mexicans

At latest estimate, there are only 15-20 million total illegal immigrants in the US. California has roughly half of those, I think.

 

[Thurbane]

An Englishman once said to me "What's it like to come from a colony?"...

I said "What's it like to lose an empire?"...

 

[DonTadow]

What if instead of ERA, RBI, etc., "new baseball" used slightly different terms that were calculated differently, so that (for example) a high "new ERA" was now good (the max. ERA in "old baseball" was infinity; the "new ERA" in "Blurnsball" starts at infinity and goes up from there)? And what if the number of outs per inning was decreased, but the number of innings per game increased? Oh, yeah, the fielders keep changing positions. Would you still call it baseball or would it have become something else?

[/tongue-in-cheek]

If you watch a basketball game 20 years ago, and watched one now, you'd be surprised of the rules changes. Basketball was a far more physical game in the 80s and had a larger 3 point line.

Same with football, which has some wierd things that wernt around 20 years ago like red flags? , two point conversions? bans on endzone celebrations? only certain allowable hits on the qb and movement of the kickoff line. However, bot hsports are still sports.

"Things change. The game is still the same" Tupac

 

[Raven Crowking]

People like diaglo are well-meaning fans of old school games. People like Treebore. People like Joe Browning. People like Rothe. You know, people whose participation on these forums isn't limited to coming over here two or three times a year to tell people that Their Favorite Game is inferior crap. People who talk about the old school games they love without pulling out the list of 100 reasons why Older Game X is better than its new counterpart and anybody who thinks otherwise is a dumbass.

Well, if someone said "anybody who thinks otherwise is a dumbass" I'd be right with you on that part at least. Or that my/your/their "Favorite Game is inferior crap" (though I've seen that said about 1e and 2e far more than 3e).

The list of 100 reasons why someone prefers Game X over Game Y (regardless of which games are X and Y) I don't find insulting. As games evolve, they change, and those changes highlight particular strengths. There are lots of things I like about 3e and lots of things I dislike. Likewise with 1e and 2e. Being reminded of the strengths and weaknesses of each edition allows me to try harder to bring the strengths of earlier editions into my current game. YMMV.


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