Oops hit send instead of the text area,

Well he does have a point that "sims" are more popular that lots of rpgs out
there. Its hard to find anyone who will play and play good. Possibly we
could get more of the people into rpgs but then we would be lying to the as
to what type of game they were playing.

Now that is what the goofed message should of said.
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen J. Cravens 
To: 
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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