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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 6902299" data-attributes="member: 6804070"><p>I did not know that. Ok, I'm fine with that. Though I've been trying to staying away from explicitly naming Ed, he's the one that I feel has refused to give up or allow change to his sacred cows. This is all part of the attitude that I think turns myself and many other off from the FRs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Reboot doesn't have to be done poorly. It was done poorly in 4E. Reverting back to some bastardized status for 5E isn't creative, its... a business decision to revert to what was more widely accepted. The psuedo in-world reboot that is 5E, as you correctly put it, is a ... imo, a business to play it safe. It's an attempt to re-claim former FR fans and recognizing to make no attempt to earn new FR fans or to gain those of us that sit upon the fence.</p><p></p><p>If a reboot is done correctly, it can keep old fans and earn new fans as well. A half-assed reboot may keep your existing fans, but it won't earn new ones.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. It could have been done this way, but it hasn't. Perhaps it's because they (whoever "they" are) want to leave the rest of the world for the fans to use and create. Or, as it appears more likely each moment, there are certain personalities, perhaps Ed, Mike or ? who simple can't bear to see the demise of their amazing creations.</p><p></p><p>It used to be like so many TV shows in the US. Can't kill off the main characters, oh no, those are sacred cows. If you kill off the main character you will lose your fans. Which if done poorly you will. Many people would rather doom their creations to a limited life span than risk changing major pieces of it (i.e. killing off main characters).</p><p></p><p>But, more TV shows are finally starting to break this paradigm. Spies did it a decade ago in the UK and it ran for a decade or more. Game of Thrones is doing it now. It's hard to argue that this willingness to kill off main characters detracts from fan base, rather it seems to build loyalty. In part because, imo, if the main character is not a sacred cow, then the writers and actors have to put more attention into the other characters too. So rather than having a few sacred cows, dozens of character get developed, creativity flows, all ships rise on the dead bodies of the few <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 6902299, member: 6804070"] I did not know that. Ok, I'm fine with that. Though I've been trying to staying away from explicitly naming Ed, he's the one that I feel has refused to give up or allow change to his sacred cows. This is all part of the attitude that I think turns myself and many other off from the FRs. Reboot doesn't have to be done poorly. It was done poorly in 4E. Reverting back to some bastardized status for 5E isn't creative, its... a business decision to revert to what was more widely accepted. The psuedo in-world reboot that is 5E, as you correctly put it, is a ... imo, a business to play it safe. It's an attempt to re-claim former FR fans and recognizing to make no attempt to earn new FR fans or to gain those of us that sit upon the fence. If a reboot is done correctly, it can keep old fans and earn new fans as well. A half-assed reboot may keep your existing fans, but it won't earn new ones. Sure. It could have been done this way, but it hasn't. Perhaps it's because they (whoever "they" are) want to leave the rest of the world for the fans to use and create. Or, as it appears more likely each moment, there are certain personalities, perhaps Ed, Mike or ? who simple can't bear to see the demise of their amazing creations. It used to be like so many TV shows in the US. Can't kill off the main characters, oh no, those are sacred cows. If you kill off the main character you will lose your fans. Which if done poorly you will. Many people would rather doom their creations to a limited life span than risk changing major pieces of it (i.e. killing off main characters). But, more TV shows are finally starting to break this paradigm. Spies did it a decade ago in the UK and it ran for a decade or more. Game of Thrones is doing it now. It's hard to argue that this willingness to kill off main characters detracts from fan base, rather it seems to build loyalty. In part because, imo, if the main character is not a sacred cow, then the writers and actors have to put more attention into the other characters too. So rather than having a few sacred cows, dozens of character get developed, creativity flows, all ships rise on the dead bodies of the few :) [/QUOTE]
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