Xref: utzoo rec.games.frp:17411 news.groups:17265 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!portal!cup.portal.com!James_J_Kowalczyk From: James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: rec.games.frp,news.groups Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: rename rec.games.frp to rec.games.rpg Message-ID: <26548@cup.portal.com> Date: 3 Feb 90 04:09:24 GMT References: <26486@cup.portal.com> <13943@s.ms.uky.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 48 sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) wrties: >James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com writes: > >|Thus, I would argue that all role playing games involve fantasy, >|and therefore the name "rec.games.frp" encompasses all role playing games. > >|Since all role playing games involve elements of fantasy, all discussions >|of these games belong in rec.games.frp (unless you propose creating a sub- >|group called rec.games.frp.discuss, which IMHO would be silly). > >If all stories that required suspension of belief were fantasy, then book >stores would have two sections: > >Non-Fantasy >Fantasy > >You can see the ridiculousness of this argument. Unfortunately, we are not discussing bookstores or books. We are discussing role playing games and Usenet. >The idea is not that role playing games don't have some fantasy element, >but that "Fanasy Role Playing games" is a particular genre within the >domain of all Role Playing Games. I disagree. >Implying that all Role Playing Games are Fantasy Role Playing games is >incorrect, and the newsgroup name suggests this. I am not *implying* that all Role Playing Games involve Fantasy, I am *emphasizing* it. To suggest otherwise is incorrect. >I say it should be changed. >-- >*** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean If you want to argue over nonsense, then how does this grab you: renaming the group to "rec.games.rpg" would be redundant since "rpg" stands for Role Playing Games. At least suggest that the name should be changed to "rec.games.rp". Look at that! One fewer character! Think of the Bandwidth that could be saved over the centuries. Jim Kowalczyk James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com Kowalczyk@chemistry.chem.utah.edu