Comments on: Preview: “Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs”

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:09:30 +0000

I didn't know the ENnie judges (or at least one of them) was opposed to blogs. His words are more than harsh. Although I agree that there are a lot of bad blogs out there, especially the several RPG blog networks all over the world have shown that they can produce some pretty high quality content. Perhaps this judge should check out some of the excellent blogs on this network before spouting out such nonsense.

I am 100% sure that the Open Game Table book will help to show the world that blogs are not just a waste of time.

@Joshua: : roll : (without the spaces) =

By: Bonemaster

Bonemaster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:46 +0000

@zachary - I agree, I expect this product to turn quite a few heads. I think Jonathon has done an outstanding job. As I've said before, I think a lesser man would have quit a long time ago (or at the very least produced a lesser product). I'm very proud to both have help doing assistant editing on the project and provide some finical support to the project as well. I consider them good deed and keeping with my promise to give something back to the gaming community. Bonemasters last blog post..Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail....

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:20:17 +0000

Well, I think honestly, all of that stuff aside, the product will turn a lot of heads. I'm proud of our community coming together on it, and I think we'll see a lot of good feedback from folks who pick it up. Zacharys last blog post..Designing The Mega-Mega Dungeon

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:06:25 +0000

The Ennies? where's my rolls eyes emote? Joshuas last blog post..Open Game Table Anthology

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:40:11 +0000

The Anthology looks incredible. I think its going to open a lot of eyes. I especially hope it does for the ENnies. Considering one of their current judges considers blogs, well, as he put it: "I would protest 'Best Gaming Blog' with the fire of a thousand suns going supernova simultaneously. Most blogs are a waste of time; at best of interest to close friends and family, at worst vanity-driven ego sops full of posts by the same half-dozen people plus a couple of trolls. The remaining good ones are free to submit as best fansite. Podcasts are bad enough; there's no way I'm wading through pages of people spouting off ad infinitum about their cool homebrews. If I want that, I'll go to ENWorld, where at least there's some give and take with the community and it isn't totally one-sided". ...I'm not hopeful. They have some judges in there of better account than that, so hopefully a different stance will win through. Zacharys last blog post..Designing The Mega-Mega Dungeon

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:28:23 +0000

Well, the good news is, for every guy like that, there's someone like judge Jeramy Ware (my replacement after I resigned), who took the time after that nastiness to post to the RPG Bloggers mailing list and ask some questions. (But you can see where my suggestion for Best Gaming Blog landed!) So there's good and bad in everything, I guess! Nice to see all this coverage! I'm excited WIRED will be giving it some coverage. Zacharys last blog post..Song of Ice and Fire RPG Now Available In PDF