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Old 08-23-2021, 01:46 PM
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Old 08-25-2021, 05:07 PM
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On the one hand, I think fans producing material for other fans is pretty neat.

It also makes good financial sense, as a business model. Free League creates a no-cost system to keep its customers engaged with its core product. Free League doesn't need to spend a dime to produce more material for its core systems.

On the other hand, it's doubtful that all fan-made material will be of high quality. Without a modicum of curation, the signal-to-noise ration might make it hard to find the good stuff among the chaff. It also means that creators don't receive fair compensation for their work.

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Old 08-26-2021, 07:48 AM
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On the one hand, I think fans producing material for other fans is pretty neat.

It also makes good financial sense, as a business model. Free League creates a no-cost system to keep its customers engaged with its core product. Free League doesn't need to spend a dime to produce more material for its core systems.

On the other hand, it's doubtful that all fan-made material will be of high quality. Without a modicum of curation, the signal-to-noise ration might make it hard to find the good stuff among the chaff. It also means that creators don't receive fair compensation for their work.

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and its also fan made content and not official canon - so basically its at the same level as the fanzine in many ways - and you are right about the good stuff among the chaff - including differentiating alternate variants from at least semi-canon products
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