Well guys, this discussion could hastily become pointless as anyway most people would do what they like. I think the best (but paraphrasing from memory- Fergus if you read this maybe you have a better memory) has been put by Fergus Duniho during my Apothecary creation discussion. He has said something like people will invent variants and the best will come out on top from many points of view like popularity (which is probably most important) or critical acclaim, in a evolutionary manner. But surely there will be always people on the fringe. For example I tend to like 8 stones chess a lot and it is a small popularity game, but still played. Crazier even, I'm playing an Atlantean Ballroom Shatranj against Erik these day which (if I can get my tactics straight) looks at least interesting. A guy/girl has to do what a guy/girl has to do, end of story :)!
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Well guys, this discussion could hastily become pointless as anyway most people would do what they like. I think the best (but paraphrasing from memory- Fergus if you read this maybe you have a better memory) has been put by Fergus Duniho during my Apothecary creation discussion. He has said something like people will invent variants and the best will come out on top from many points of view like popularity (which is probably most important) or critical acclaim, in a evolutionary manner. But surely there will be always people on the fringe. For example I tend to like 8 stones chess a lot and it is a small popularity game, but still played. Crazier even, I'm playing an Atlantean Ballroom Shatranj against Erik these day which (if I can get my tactics straight) looks at least interesting. A guy/girl has to do what a guy/girl has to do, end of story :)!