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Dunestalker · 10-26-2005, 04:17 AM

Interesting. Because it seems to be that you are letting -your- personal feelings about RPI's sway your judgement.
Maybe if there was a commercial force behind one, such as with the rest of IR muds, you would build on it? Don't you suppose that an RPI with that backing and the IR name slapped on it would get more people to give it a try? Possibly those from other IR games that might not have ever even -tried- an RPI before?

I don't recall having said that RPIs were superior, I merely stated that perhaps, you were cutting something down before giving it a shot?

Odd. It seems to me that every time someone makes a suggestion that people might actually like and want to play RPIs or back them whatsoever you seem to find a way to cut it down.

And for obvious reasons...it has commercial backing, more advertisement. None of the RPIs has that sort of backing. Most of them are completely free with people who are just donating their free time to build and run them.

Seriously, take off the blinders and take a bit of chance once in a while...you might be shocked. You can always choose to take the safe and known path or you can take a risk and see what happens.

There is -something- there obviously or they wouldn't be around. I think it just needs someone to cultivate it and help it grow.

Of course if you only wish to grab what's there...sure you'll make money...but in the long run, someone else will go into the uncertain territory because they weren't afraid to take the chance and make good on what you passed up because you were playing it safe.

(Proven time and time again throughout history.)

*shrug*

H&S, RPI...etc...show you can do it all...and bring people to them no matter what the type because you can do it well.

With all the confidence you usually show in IR it seems sort of funny to me that you don't believe IR can create something that might actually take some of those from the existing RPI's and bring others from elsewhere into it. That IR -cannot- build on something that may "currently" be a smaller niche and make something worthwhile out of it.

Many things didn't have an existing market at all before they were brought about by someone willing to create that "thing" and build the market for it.

10-26-2005, 04:17 AM	#85
Dunestalker New Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 27	Interesting. Because it seems to be that you are letting -your- personal feelings about RPI's sway your judgement. Maybe if there was a commercial force behind one, such as with the rest of IR muds, you would build on it? Don't you suppose that an RPI with that backing and the IR name slapped on it would get more people to give it a try? Possibly those from other IR games that might not have ever even -tried- an RPI before? I don't recall having said that RPIs were superior, I merely stated that perhaps, you were cutting something down before giving it a shot? Odd. It seems to me that every time someone makes a suggestion that people might actually like and want to play RPIs or back them whatsoever you seem to find a way to cut it down. And for obvious reasons...it has commercial backing, more advertisement. None of the RPIs has that sort of backing. Most of them are completely free with people who are just donating their free time to build and run them. Seriously, take off the blinders and take a bit of chance once in a while...you might be shocked. You can always choose to take the safe and known path or you can take a risk and see what happens. There is -something- there obviously or they wouldn't be around. I think it just needs someone to cultivate it and help it grow. Of course if you only wish to grab what's there...sure you'll make money...but in the long run, someone else will go into the uncertain territory because they weren't afraid to take the chance and make good on what you passed up because you were playing it safe. (Proven time and time again throughout history.) shrug H&S, RPI...etc...show you can do it all...and bring people to them no matter what the type because you can do it well. With all the confidence you usually show in IR it seems sort of funny to me that you don't believe IR can create something that might actually take some of those from the existing RPI's and bring others from elsewhere into it. That IR -cannot- build on something that may "currently" be a smaller niche and make something worthwhile out of it. Many things didn't have an existing market at all before they were brought about by someone willing to create that "thing" and build the market for it.