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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9587994" data-attributes="member: 18">I honestly think the Orc thing is already blowing over, and has basically been shrugged off. I think the few people who cared to like, crazy levels have moved on to OSR games, and whilst some other people might have preferences they realize they can just make their game be like that.I do think one needs to accept that the only way to have influence here is to &quot;be the change you want to see&quot;, if the change isn't going the way you want here.TTRPGs aren't like, TV or movies or w/e where you can't do that. If you want a TTRPG that pushes in a particular direction, is about a particular subject, just write it!Part of the reason TTRPGs continue to go in what I would regard as a positive direction (the same one you allude to re: ENworld) is that simply so many creators are making cool RPGs in that direction, and even edgy OSR stuff tends to be angled that way (c.f. Shadowdark) for the most part. And a lot of those creators and companies are really small, but they've clearly influenced WotC, and not by some malign powerful hand but just because they're forward-looking and seem to be doing the right thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9587994, member: 18"] I honestly think the Orc thing is already blowing over, and has basically been shrugged off. I think the few people who cared to like, crazy levels have moved on to OSR games, and whilst some other people might have preferences they realize they can just make their game be like that. I do think one needs to accept that the only way to have influence here is to "be the change you want to see", if the change isn't going the way you want here. TTRPGs aren't like, TV or movies or w/e where you can't do that. If you want a TTRPG that pushes in a particular direction, is about a particular subject, just write it! Part of the reason TTRPGs continue to go in what I would regard as a positive direction (the same one you allude to re: ENworld) is that simply so many creators are making cool RPGs in that direction, and even edgy OSR stuff tends to be angled that way (c.f. Shadowdark) for the most part. And a lot of those creators and companies are really small, but they've clearly influenced WotC, and not by some malign powerful hand but just because they're forward-looking and seem to be doing the right thing. [/QUOTE]

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