tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post9031839343357573087..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: OffendedAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-36386903263256075602011-06-03T09:58:09.044-06:002011-06-03T09:58:09.044-06:00It's been a some time since you posted this on...It's been a some time since you posted this one, Alexis, so I'll apologise for the tardiness of the comment.<br /><br />I do, however, think you're coming at Minecraft, and indeed, your assessment of it, from the wrong angle.<br /><br />Yes, nostalgia is a deceptive force, and we should be keenly aware of the flaws in our mediums of play. I might enjoy Koei's "Warriors" series, but I certainly don't imagine they are the definitive method by which to experience the Romance of the Three Kingdoms period in gameplay.<br /><br />But Minecraft is only a game in the sense that D&D is a game, as you yourself have noted. The actual game itself forces no objective upon you, other than, perhaps, survival. The rest is merely using the interface to do as you please.<br /><br />And that, to me, is where the mild feeling of offense arises. If you've taken a look around Youtube, for instance (since you hate the game I'll assume you haven't) and looked at some videos of Minecraft creations, there's some pretty impressive shit. The scale model of the U.S.S Enterprise, the non-scale (but still very large) model of Earth; a computing machine operated via special torches.<br /><br />You're correct in that it can and should and -will- be improved, but what's there isn't neccessarily shit because of that. AD&D, while most certainly flawed, isn't shit right out of the gate merely because it can be improved. It is, in fact, quite a good game. More appropriately, it is a good interface, in much the same way that Minecraft is an interface.<br /><br />Just as you've used the tools of AD&D (your own additions here being akin to the 'modding' community) to create a vast and detailed model of the reality you're out to interact with, the same can and has been done for Minecraft.<br /><br />You ask if he made it, but it's not as if you yourself built AD&D, nor has any famous sculptor I've heard of joined up with a mining crew to personally carve out his hunk of marble, nor the painter weaving plant fibers for paper and dyes, and so on.<br /><br />Point being, just because we have rendering software doesn't mean watercolor is awful.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-51345182478776808882011-05-18T13:55:33.846-06:002011-05-18T13:55:33.846-06:00Just to clear up any doubt, I didn't have any ...Just to clear up any doubt, I didn't have any part in creating Minecraft.Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023135056577390451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-6371940451692521782011-05-17T16:47:54.584-06:002011-05-17T16:47:54.584-06:00Yes, codified. Organized or collected together.Yes, codified. Organized or collected together.Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-88277400639273770542011-05-17T14:32:56.854-06:002011-05-17T14:32:56.854-06:00Codified?
I think I'd have to answer, this bl...Codified?<br /><br />I think I'd have to answer, this blog and the wiki. I haven't felt it needed to be codified to any greater degree than that, though I do continue to work on things when I have the time.<br /><br />At present, the <i>Conflict!</i> system I'm planning on selling to people has stolen from things I had hoped to get on the wiki by now.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-46942797886548134352011-05-17T13:42:58.792-06:002011-05-17T13:42:58.792-06:00I'm curious, have you ever codified your house...I'm curious, have you ever codified your house rules for AD&D and made them available for download? I assume that you're not using a retroclone, correct? I'd be interested to see what your extensive modifications to the original rules look like.Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.com