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Old 3rd November 2009, 08:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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WotC free front page?

Official stuff no longer news worthy or not worth the trouble?
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Old 3rd November 2009, 08:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, their new site lists the recent updates in order quite clearly, so I didn't feel I was providing a useful navigation function any longer.
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Old 3rd November 2009, 11:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Their new site is MUCH better. But it kinda had to be.

But it still means I have to go to two when I may only need to go to one. Obviously not the end of the world. But still.
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Old 4th November 2009, 12:59 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I can start doing 'em again if folks actually find it useful.
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Old 10th November 2009, 03:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I can start doing 'em again if folks actually find it useful.
Thanks for the effort keeping us up to date all this time on WotC's doings. It's nice they've finally gotten their act together. I think your decision to leave that content out is reasonable.

What would be nice would be a better RSS feed. I subscribed to an EN World Google Reader feed a while back, and it never produced anything. Now I am somehow getting a new item for every thread that's posted here. Sort of overkill.
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Old 11th November 2009, 08:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I don't subscribe to the D&D Initiative, so I almost never go to the WotC site. I get my gaming news from EN World.
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Old 13th November 2009, 04:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Just for the record. Yes, useful.

Actually, while we are on a related topic, what about WotC staff blogs, that sort of thing?
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Old 14th November 2009, 02:02 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Just for the record. Yes, useful.

Actually, while we are on a related topic, what about WotC staff blogs, that sort of thing?
I don't have anything like the time to follow them, but if folks want to send in scoops I'll always put them in the news.
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Old 14th November 2009, 05:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I don't feel links to D&D insider articles belong on the news page. In banner ads, sure.
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Maybe WotC could submit their own news and scoops like other publishers do.
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I don't feel links to D&D insider articles belong on the news page. In banner ads, sure.
Agree 100%!

On the other hand, useful free stuff, like this month's errata, definitely merits an announcement.
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Old 19th November 2009, 12:33 PM   #12 (permalink)
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One of the reasons I come to ENWorld is because the Wizards site is an abomination. Finding anything is hard, getting back to it requires bookmarks. ENWorld gives me the digest, then I can click a link and read it next week next month, I can always find it.
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Agree 100%!

On the other hand, useful free stuff, like this month's errata, definitely merits an announcement.
I'm in agreement with the Capn.
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Old 19th November 2009, 11:04 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Well, that sounds reasonable. I'll start adding it back in then; maybe not everything, but things which seem important.

WotC's site is so much better these days - articles listed in chronological order. On the negative side, there isn't a nice little cut/paste summary on the main page any more that I can use (well, ther eis, but it cuts off after alf a sentence).
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All the more reason I'd like some of that here.
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