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<blockquote data-quote="jedijon" data-source="post: 5955949" data-attributes="member: 49099"><p>I think the consternation stems from the fact that the EXACT QUOTE is NOT "60% of people really like our first attempt and we're moving in a direction to get those other 40% on board..."...BUT...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"60% of people [are] happy with the way D&D Next is headed". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That kind of statement needs some room to breathe! Since I didn't participate in the playtest, luckily I read a few posts HERE first and <strong>MAYBE</strong> that's just unfortunately worded. Hmm...</p><p></p><p>Because if you just read it (and I'm thinking it's meant to be read - yeah?), what he's actually saying is only 60% of the people like the DIRECTION they're heading--the other 40% don't like anything about the new edition; they've tried it once and decried even the very spirit of the thing. To me it's an incredibly strong comment. It smacks of the kind of bald face rationalizing you get out of corporations or (even more prevalently) politicians. Spin; to put it succinctly. I don't know about you, but there are enough words in my vocabulary that if I MEANT "60% of people had a great time, and EVERYBODY gave us valuable feedback for Rd. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=2" target="_blank">#2</a> ", I would just say that.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, you're just left w/a PR rep saying, "this was awful, we're admitting it's awful...but we're pretending it's great". Run that next annc. by somebody please B4 you 'hit submit', Mr. Mike! Yikes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jedijon, post: 5955949, member: 49099"] I think the consternation stems from the fact that the EXACT QUOTE is NOT "60% of people really like our first attempt and we're moving in a direction to get those other 40% on board..."...BUT... "60% of people [are] happy with the way D&D Next is headed". That kind of statement needs some room to breathe! Since I didn't participate in the playtest, luckily I read a few posts HERE first and [B]MAYBE[/B] that's just unfortunately worded. Hmm... Because if you just read it (and I'm thinking it's meant to be read - yeah?), what he's actually saying is only 60% of the people like the DIRECTION they're heading--the other 40% don't like anything about the new edition; they've tried it once and decried even the very spirit of the thing. To me it's an incredibly strong comment. It smacks of the kind of bald face rationalizing you get out of corporations or (even more prevalently) politicians. Spin; to put it succinctly. I don't know about you, but there are enough words in my vocabulary that if I MEANT "60% of people had a great time, and EVERYBODY gave us valuable feedback for Rd. [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=2]#2[/URL] ", I would just say that. Otherwise, you're just left w/a PR rep saying, "this was awful, we're admitting it's awful...but we're pretending it's great". Run that next annc. by somebody please B4 you 'hit submit', Mr. Mike! Yikes! [/QUOTE]
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