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Lanefan said:And that, if I were WotC, would be highly concerning.
I'm not so sure.
I'd expect that the playtest results would spike in a HUGE way for the first playtest. I'd expect a very gradual downfall as people who are less hardcore/less interested/have less time get bogged down with real world stuff.
To renew interest, I'd put out new playtest rules, which should get a few people back in, but I'd still expect the first wave to be the biggest.
A playtest is very different from a game's release. Hell, most game companies have to pay people minimum wage or so to test their stuff, and they certainly don't expect playtesters to always buy the games they worked on!
An open playtest group isn't the same as "people who will buy the game when it comes out"