That's not a comparable situation. The PDF format specifications are freely available for anyone to use. Not so with Flash. The specifications are available, sure, but the license to get them includes a provision about not creating a player. Therefore the only way Open Source players can exist is through reverse engineering. Some do exist though, like GNUFlash, but it's not an easy task.
No, Conan is a d20 compatible game. Mongoose couldn't use the 20 System Trademark License because they include character creation rules. Many companies go the OGL-only route for products like that. My point with the Action! System is that other rulesets, entirely independent from d20 use the OGL license as well.
The Open Game License does not require the Player's Handbook. You're confusing it with the d20 System Trademark License, which is the license to use the d20 System name and logo and requires the text referencing the PHB. There are Open Game Licensed products which have absolutely nothing to do with D&D or d20. The Action! System, for example.
I'm not a Linux user so don't take this as me speaking on their behalf... But is the community really willing to pay $30-60 for a game that is not supported?
Why do you care what OS is underneath? Your nice $2K machine came with Windows, right? And it plays all your games out of the box, right? So what's the problem? Or is this some sort of irrational religious thing?
Mine didn't. It came as a collection of parts purchased at various times. A constantly evolving thing. There was no single "out of the box computer".
No company that wants to stay in business is going to take on that expense for a small market.
So why is it that some do? I'm sure BioWare, for example, wants to stay in business yet they're taking on this "impossible" expense that you claim should put them out of business.
What is really funny is that if you click Validate Now on that page and you are using Firefox, it wants to install a plugin for Firefox
If you're running Linux and Gecko-based Epiphany it gets stuck in a loop of message boxes that say you'll need to install a plugin or download and install a file.
Denying the queries is irrelevant. The issue was traffic. This guy runs a small server and was given access to the Danish Internet Exchange on the condition that his bandwidth usage would be minimal. By the time the query gets to his server to be denied, the bandwidth is already used.
Additionally, your comment looks more like a generic boilerplate response to anything with the term "Generic" in it than something specifically aimed at GURPS.
I don't know of any other systems with the term "Generic" in them, and I have no experience with any system that tries to be anywhere near as generic as GURPS. The only other thing I've found quite as boring as GURPS is the d20 SRD, because that was intentionally designed to be as dry and technical. The D&D Player's Handbook is actually quite entertaining to read, regardless of what you think of the system. Most game books attempt to engage the reader and draw them into the world. GURPS and most supplements have no "world" to draw anyone into because they're trying to be everything to everyone. I mean "world" as in a specific setting either, they just fail to inspire any sort of imagination at all. The setting books are a bit different, sure, but I've never cared to use them as I don't need or want pre-made settings. Again, GURPS manages to fail here as it becomes overly specific. Give me an interesting base on which to build things and let it go. The GURPS books I find to be the "best" by that criteria would be the historical setting books, and those are hardly necessary for an experienced GM familar with the period.
Well, I disagree and I would disagree if you made that comment about any game system. Game systems are all boring, if you sit down and read them. In this regard, GURPS is actually the least boring.
No, they're not. That's my point. Technical material can be presented in an engaging and entertaining manner. GURPS fails miserably at this. Reading a non-setting book is like reading a technical manual. I enjoy reading most game books, even if I don't play the systems involved. I've never gone back to read for entertainment the half dozen or so GURPS books I own.
Why do you think you need more now? The books cost about the same in 2006 dollars as they did then, and you still only need the three core books to play. In fact, if you're an experienced gamer you can get by with just the PHB and the free Open version of the d20 System, the System Reference Document. They've been churned out supplements almost since the beginning, it's what killed TSR, and they're no more required now than they were then.
Not to be too fanboyish, but GURPS beats any other tabletop RPG hands down for clarity, simplicity, realism, and playability.
The biggest problem with GURPS is that it tries to be all things to all people (hence the Generic Universal part). That's what kills it. GURPS is just...boring. It's a clear and fairly straightforward system, to be sure. But it's just not at all fun. GURPS is what a role playing system would be if it were invented by IBM.
I got my first DVD player from them back in 1998. A Philips 825 that I still have. They had ridiculous coupon deals, I think i got $100 off for using a MasterCard and then another $50 off for it being "my birthday".
Lingo is cheaper ($20) and has free calling to most of Western Europe. You can also get a foreign number in several countries for an extra $10/mo. The referral program is great too, both the referrer and referee get a $25 credit after 90 days (and the first month for the new signup is free). There's no referrer code or anything in that link, you enter the referrer's email address when you sign up. If anyone plans to sign up message me and we can both get a credit.
Social bookmarking for an auction site? That seems...counterproductive. Why would I want to draw attention to the auctions I'm interested in? So more people will bid and drive my cost up? No thanks, I'll keep the hard to find listings hard to find.
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Yes, I refuse to treat them all as equal. Some clearly have more value than others. Especially those pennies. You know how they are.
That's odd. Where's a naked guy going to hide explosives?
Yes, I'd forgotten the name but that's what I was referring to.
That's not a comparable situation. The PDF format specifications are freely available for anyone to use. Not so with Flash. The specifications are available, sure, but the license to get them includes a provision about not creating a player. Therefore the only way Open Source players can exist is through reverse engineering. Some do exist though, like GNUFlash, but it's not an easy task.
No, Conan is a d20 compatible game. Mongoose couldn't use the 20 System Trademark License because they include character creation rules. Many companies go the OGL-only route for products like that. My point with the Action! System is that other rulesets, entirely independent from d20 use the OGL license as well.
The Open Game License does not require the Player's Handbook. You're confusing it with the d20 System Trademark License, which is the license to use the d20 System name and logo and requires the text referencing the PHB. There are Open Game Licensed products which have absolutely nothing to do with D&D or d20. The Action! System, for example.
Does that mean Windows is a non-functional operating system?
It seems to be working for Neverwinter Nights.
Mine didn't. It came as a collection of parts purchased at various times. A constantly evolving thing. There was no single "out of the box computer".
No company that wants to stay in business is going to take on that expense for a small market.
So why is it that some do? I'm sure BioWare, for example, wants to stay in business yet they're taking on this "impossible" expense that you claim should put them out of business.
The Harding administration left a tough legacy, sure, but we got through it.
A 2003 Navigator with the standard package and in "Good" condition is worth almost exactly $25k in Orange County, CA for a private party sale. http://www.kbb.com/kb/ki.dll/kw.kc.ucp?kbb.CA;;CA0 59;&92702&;899700&;;ucp;LT;A1
You're guilty of having sex with her around the time she was raped, yes. Is that enough to convict you of her rape? Not by a long shot.
Sure you can.
You really should design for internationalization from the the start, and not try to hack it on later.
That you're charged full price for it if you don't serve as a FON access point for 12 months.
If you're running Linux and Gecko-based Epiphany it gets stuck in a loop of message boxes that say you'll need to install a plugin or download and install a file.
Denying the queries is irrelevant. The issue was traffic. This guy runs a small server and was given access to the Danish Internet Exchange on the condition that his bandwidth usage would be minimal. By the time the query gets to his server to be denied, the bandwidth is already used.
I don't know of any other systems with the term "Generic" in them, and I have no experience with any system that tries to be anywhere near as generic as GURPS. The only other thing I've found quite as boring as GURPS is the d20 SRD, because that was intentionally designed to be as dry and technical. The D&D Player's Handbook is actually quite entertaining to read, regardless of what you think of the system. Most game books attempt to engage the reader and draw them into the world. GURPS and most supplements have no "world" to draw anyone into because they're trying to be everything to everyone. I mean "world" as in a specific setting either, they just fail to inspire any sort of imagination at all. The setting books are a bit different, sure, but I've never cared to use them as I don't need or want pre-made settings. Again, GURPS manages to fail here as it becomes overly specific. Give me an interesting base on which to build things and let it go. The GURPS books I find to be the "best" by that criteria would be the historical setting books, and those are hardly necessary for an experienced GM familar with the period.
No, they're not. That's my point. Technical material can be presented in an engaging and entertaining manner. GURPS fails miserably at this. Reading a non-setting book is like reading a technical manual. I enjoy reading most game books, even if I don't play the systems involved. I've never gone back to read for entertainment the half dozen or so GURPS books I own.
Why do you think you need more now? The books cost about the same in 2006 dollars as they did then, and you still only need the three core books to play. In fact, if you're an experienced gamer you can get by with just the PHB and the free Open version of the d20 System, the System Reference Document. They've been churned out supplements almost since the beginning, it's what killed TSR, and they're no more required now than they were then.
The biggest problem with GURPS is that it tries to be all things to all people (hence the Generic Universal part). That's what kills it. GURPS is just...boring. It's a clear and fairly straightforward system, to be sure. But it's just not at all fun. GURPS is what a role playing system would be if it were invented by IBM.
I got my first DVD player from them back in 1998. A Philips 825 that I still have. They had ridiculous coupon deals, I think i got $100 off for using a MasterCard and then another $50 off for it being "my birthday".
Lingo is cheaper ($20) and has free calling to most of Western Europe. You can also get a foreign number in several countries for an extra $10/mo. The referral program is great too, both the referrer and referee get a $25 credit after 90 days (and the first month for the new signup is free). There's no referrer code or anything in that link, you enter the referrer's email address when you sign up. If anyone plans to sign up message me and we can both get a credit.
Social bookmarking for an auction site? That seems...counterproductive. Why would I want to draw attention to the auctions I'm interested in? So more people will bid and drive my cost up? No thanks, I'll keep the hard to find listings hard to find.
No, it's not. In fact it's explicitly mentioned as acceptable.