…at least for some people who weren't all that strongly connected to it in the first place.
Oddly enough, I'm unchanged due to how the dates break- much like I was born and have remained emotionally 40 my entire life. The freakin' universe must alter itself to match me, not the other way around. If I ever get bored and decide to die, I imagine the resulting destruction of existence may cause you (the readers) problems. I suppose some would say that I should offer some sort of apology in advance, but really… it will be for the better.
In the meantime this means I don't have to ditch the Pisces dust collector I have on my book shelf (the wife and I got a matched set of birth sign… statues I guess you could call them… back in the day. Sort like birthstones. Yes, it was a new couple thing). However it is now clear why hers was shortly destroyed by an act of the cosmos (i.e. knocked off the shelf by a cat, broke into a million pieces) while my remains intact to this day. She's now a Virgo and not a Libra and the error was being corrected before it could gather decades of dust and unbalance the world.
How does any of this relate to RPGs? Well, given that Astrology is bunk- it doesn't. But it does parallel it in a way. For believers it's a world shift every bit as important as say the arrival of D&D 4th edition. I leave the proof to others, but I can't help but think the Astrology blogs and boards must look a lot like the RPGs one not that long ago with huge flame wars over the change and large groups of people holding fast to the old versions. I wonder what their OSR movement would look like...
Heck, I had the same issues when 6th Edition of HERO System comes out. Those with home grown systems experience the same thing when they make updates to the rules.
It seems fantasy systems, no matter their source and purpose are all similar in a way. Subject to being undone by the mere passage of time.
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Double check that claim.
While you aren't into Astrology, a lot of others are and this episode of irresponsible reporting is causing a lot of unnecessary drama, and articles such as what I link to above point out what's actually going on. The correction's getting around fast, thankfully.
TL;DR version: Astrology does not work that way.
As this relates to RPGs: it is wise to not go-off half-cocked when the word of a new edition reaches your ears, but instead to say "What is the source of this claim?" and wait for conclusive confirmation instead.
There will be time enough for flame wars when the word is confirmed.
Hmm... so Old school would be the new corrected dating...
...and the Forge would be the simpified story driven ignore the movement of the stars method.
Got it.
This would be an interesting occasion to parallel in a game.
Maybe a huge to-do about divination magic.
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