D&D General D&D "influencers" need to actively acknowledge other games.

[Reynard]

I really like GinniD. She is a skilled GM, enthusiastic about the hobby, and makes everyone viewing her channel feel welcome. Her most recent video, though, got me thinking about something that has been scratching violently at the back of my mind:

There are other games than D&D, and these influencers surely know that but they generally avoid pointing to those games.

In this video as an example, she is talking about player investment in world building. That problem has been solved by Fate. I feel like a YT GM like GinniD should point that out and point her followers to Fate in order to solve this particular problem.

What do you think? Should D&D influencers acknowledge other games that solve problems they are talking about on their channels? If not, why not?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I feel like they often do, to the point that we have people here on this board who are upset that D&D YouTubers talk so much about Dungeon Crawl Classics, Shadowdark, Worlds Without Number, etc.

 

[Reynard]

I feel like they often do, to the point that we have people here on this board who are upset that D&D YouTubers talk so much about Dungeon Crawl Classics, Shadowdark, Worlds Without Number, etc.

Maybe I don't follow the right ones? GinniD went that whole video and never mentioned Fate campaign generation.

 

[Demetrios1453]

No one needs to actively acknowledge anything. As creators, it's solely up to them what to focus on or what to ignore. What are you going to do, force them to mention things they don't want to?

 

[Reynard]

No one needs to actively acknowledge anything. As creators, it's solely up to them what to focus on or what to ignore. What are you going to do, force them to mention things they don't want to?

Really? That's the reply you think will engender active and fruitful discussion?

 

[payn]

I think you found your influencer niche. When do your vids start?

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

Really? That's the reply you think will engender active and fruitful discussion?

As opposed to chucking hot takes like Tommy Lee Jones with a crate of dummy grenades?

 

[jayoungr]

In this video as an example, she is talking about player investment in world building. That problem has been solved by Fate.

Ginny Di does acknowledge other games. I just watched her video on character connections (from about a month ago), in which she mentions Fate Core, Daggerheart, and Traveller.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Maybe I don't follow the right ones? GinniD went that whole video and never mentioned Fate campaign generation.

Why should she, though? unless she thinks that Fate has tools that can be used in a D&D game, it’s pretty tangential to the video.

 

[Minigiant]

It's up to the publishers to do marketing not the reviewers.