I wonder if that system building system isn't slightly dated, but I can be wrong.
Anyway, I don't argue for exact numbers. The numbers alone aren't valuable and often overrated.
However, detail in world building can help us avoid stereotypes like "Mars with huge mega-cities" or the very space-operaish "worlds are one environment only, like Jungle or Desert", assuming the system helps someone going from numbers to what the place actually is like. Which admittedly many systems doesn't do.
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Date: 3 Mar 2008 05:15 (UTC)Anyway, I don't argue for exact numbers. The numbers alone aren't valuable and often overrated.
However, detail in world building can help us avoid stereotypes like "Mars with huge mega-cities" or the very space-operaish "worlds are one environment only, like Jungle or Desert", assuming the system helps someone going from numbers to what the place actually is like. Which admittedly many systems doesn't do.