Billy Bissette
6/12/2008 1:42:00 AM
zaimoni@zaimoni.com wrote in news:7a90d8da-d904-43bd-b709-
c99a44e3a8fb@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
> On Jun 11, 2:47 am, Ray Dillinger <b...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> But also, if that's the case I've no idea why any of you would
>> be considering implementing their rules. They've obviously
>> caved to the Christian Right instead of advancing game design.
>
> The Raving Religious Right is not an issue for D&D (and hasn't been
> since 1990), at least assuming a vaguely rational public relations
> department. You do need their demographic information to accurately
> model where your market isn't, but inadvertently advertising to them
> isn't going to get your corporate HQ targeted by guerilla warfare
> specialists.
The Religious Right isn't an issue for D&D anymore simply because
D&D isn't an issue anymore.
A few decades ago, D&D was gigantic. So it was the target. But
D&D faded, and other things arose. Pokemon, for example, was the
target for a while. Harry Potter. Etc.
D&D won't be an issue again unless there is a major dry spell in
other targets, it gains a new life online (such as a D&D MMORPG that
could rival WoW in popularity), or they court controversy by doing
something like throwing instructions for Satanic rituals into the
manual and then mail copies to various religious fanatics.