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From: Karen J. Cravens 
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Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: GM: Roleplaying vs. simming


> This came up on an internal Phoenyx list, where the committee is pondering
> whether the Phoenyx' (unwritten) charter encompasses "simming."  (The game
> proposal in question was a game based on the TV talk show(!) "The View."
> As Dave Barry would say, I Am Not Making This Up.)
>
> And I thought to myself, what the heck, it's a general roleplaying topic,
> and GMAST hasn't had any traffic of late.  So here, compare and contrast.
> Talk amongst yourselves.
>
> (And no, I don't think the below-quoted author reads this group.)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri,  2 Jun 2000 20:43:45 cdt
> From: Jason Knight 
>
> My two cents:
>
> In one camp, we have Real Roleplayers, many of whom bemoan
> the fact that their hobby is ghettoized, and never catches on with
> the mainstream population.  In another camp, we have Dedicated
> Simmers, who are generally blissfully unaware of the Roleplayers'
> existence, but who represent everything that's missing from the
> Roleplayers hobby:  they're TV-watching non-geeks,
> disproportionately female.
>
> If I really wanted to make a fortune and revolutionize the
> roleplaying industry, I wouldn't prattle about Open Gaming Licenses
> and whatnot - Hasbro is barking up the wrong tree.  No, I'd find a
> way to repackage roleplaying games as "sims."  Be careful what
> you wish for, Real Roleplayers.  Simmers /are/ the face of
> roleplaying introduced to the masses.
>
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