DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
I think a lot of you guys do not realize how much some people felt let down by WotC when 4e came out. Sure it is just a game, but brand loyalty is something special. Betray it and you'll get someone who will stay bitter for a long time.
Exactly.
As one who was extremely put-off by 4E and was happy to say so - over and over again, I can tell you that it's no longer a relevant issue for me. I think the way WotC handled the 5e rollout was fantastic, especially the way they *embraced* the quirky facets of the game's history with 5E, rather than discarding/changing many of them (or, at least, the ones that were important to me) with 4E. However, my bitterness was with WotC folks, not gamers that enjoyed 4E. Most of the ones responsible for the initial high level 4E decisions at WotC are no longer employed there.