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Post by Snuffy Smith on Oct 12, 2022 18:42:59 GMT -5
I think that is what it boils down to is that about half of the "so-called" OSR is busy putting out stuff that is not old school, at all and it is swamping the stuff that the old school half of the OSR is putting out. It is diluting things so that, as was said, the OSR label does not mean it will be something that I will like or want to use. The term "old school" itself has been diluted by a huge amount of misuse including things that are not remotely old school. So people have used the term pre-school or primordial school meaning predating what is falsely labeled old school now in a lot of the corners of the Internet. So while I agree with The Semi-Retired Gamer , the fact that you have to say ACTUAL OSR means the term is becoming obsolete as a term to identify something that many of us would like to own and use. We are going to need a new term, something like "1974 compatible" and then assign a definition to it so that it is tougher to usurp. Of course that would mean being ruthless in calling out the usurpers and most will not have the stomach to do that, which is how we got where we are. I agree with this and personally I don't really care about the OSR. A label is only useful as long as it means something and the OSR as a label has ceased to mean anything useful. It does not mean old school compatible and that has rendered it useless. I agree that labeling products "1974 compatible" would be a good thing. But then you have to call out the stuff that is not "1974 compatible". I doubt that very many people have the guts to do that. These two boil it all down.
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Post by The Archivist on Oct 12, 2022 18:58:04 GMT -5
I agree with the last two posters.
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Post by Vladimir, The Dark Prince on Oct 12, 2022 23:03:23 GMT -5
I picked the last two options, that says it all.
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Post by Yaleric on Oct 13, 2022 23:34:17 GMT -5
The OSR is meaningless if you only play OD&D or AD&D.
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Post by Old Timer on Oct 17, 2022 16:20:28 GMT -5
The OSR is pretty meaningless these days. Between the wokeness and crappy d20 mechanics, there is nothing old school left in a lot of it.
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Post by Keyone1234 on Oct 17, 2022 17:48:45 GMT -5
I think that is what it boils down to is that about half of the "so-called" OSR is busy putting out stuff that is not old school, at all and it is swamping the stuff that the old school half of the OSR is putting out. It is diluting things so that, as was said, the OSR label does not mean it will be something that I will like or want to use. The term "old school" itself has been diluted by a huge amount of misuse including things that are not remotely old school. So people have used the term pre-school or primordial school meaning predating what is falsely labeled old school now in a lot of the corners of the Internet. So while I agree with The Semi-Retired Gamer , the fact that you have to say ACTUAL OSR means the term is becoming obsolete as a term to identify something that many of us would like to own and use. We are going to need a new term, something like "1974 compatible" and then assign a definition to it so that it is tougher to usurp. Of course that would mean being ruthless in calling out the usurpers and most will not have the stomach to do that, which is how we got where we are. I agree with this and personally I don't really care about the OSR. A label is only useful as long as it means something and the OSR as a label has ceased to mean anything useful. It does not mean old school compatible and that has rendered it useless. I agree that labeling products "1974 compatible" would be a good thing. But then you have to call out the stuff that is not "1974 compatible". I doubt that very many people have the guts to do that. This
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Post by The Myth The Mystery on Oct 17, 2022 18:20:52 GMT -5
I agree with this and personally I don't really care about the OSR. A label is only useful as long as it means something and the OSR as a label has ceased to mean anything useful. It does not mean old school compatible and that has rendered it useless. I agree that labeling products "1974 compatible" would be a good thing. But then you have to call out the stuff that is not "1974 compatible". I doubt that very many people have the guts to do that. This Canon
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Post by Fantasy King on Oct 18, 2022 0:06:55 GMT -5
No investment and don't care.
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Wrath
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Post by Wrath on Oct 18, 2022 16:01:47 GMT -5
The OSR doesn't mean much anymore, if it ever did. These days anyone can make some new school crap and call it OSR.
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Post by River Man on Oct 19, 2022 15:32:54 GMT -5
What's the OSR, no one can tell you what it is or define it. Therefore, does it exist?
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Post by spin on Oct 21, 2022 18:39:03 GMT -5
I have no interest in the OSR, it has become a joke, a bad joke.
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Post by Bad to the Bone on Oct 23, 2022 22:47:45 GMT -5
What's the OSR?
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Post by Dark Tango on Oct 23, 2022 23:38:32 GMT -5
The OSR being undefined, was certain to become meaningless.
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Post by Crador on Oct 24, 2022 23:31:33 GMT -5
The last two choices.
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Post by shooter on Oct 29, 2022 11:58:43 GMT -5
The OSR has become irrelevant.
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Becq
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Post by Becq on Oct 29, 2022 12:47:43 GMT -5
What is the OSR? No one knows and that is why it has become meaningless.
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