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<blockquote data-quote="Blood &amp; Bones" data-source="post: 5945861" data-attributes="member: 6690047"><p>I think the point is that simple one vote polls are deceptive. You can have 45% of people prefer that gnomes not exist in the core rules. You have 55% pointing to other races that they would like to see kicked out of the PHB - Half-Orcs, Half-Elves, Halflings, Dwarves, Elves, and Humans in decending order.</p><p></p><p>Now, since you can choose only one, you of course choose the race you most dislike. Now, lets say that of the people who voted for gnomes, most of them would also like to see Halflings axed. Now they REALLY hate gnomes, but halflings don't warm their heart either. And lets say halflings are the second choice for just about everyone who voted on the poll... You could easily have 89% of people against halflings - more than those who voted against gnomes - and not know it!</p><p></p><p>Another way of thinking of it is to say that only 10% of players are willing to play a gnome. Well, you think to yourself, that's 10% you can afford to lose. However, what you don't know is how much of that 10% are DM's or influential players within their group. If those players feel disenfranchised and they have pull as to what is played, how likely are those groups to actually play D&D 5th Edition? We might be looking at a good 33% of groups switching to Pathfinder - because Pathfinder has Gnomes, and we want to keep Johnny Coolbeans happy. EVERYONE likes Johnny Coolbeans.</p><p></p><p>That's 33% of the market that WotC cannot afford to lose over a stinky gnome! And all they had to do to keep that demographic is plug the big-nosed buggers into the original release of the PHB!</p><p></p><p>Does that make sense?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blood & Bones, post: 5945861, member: 6690047"] I think the point is that simple one vote polls are deceptive. You can have 45% of people prefer that gnomes not exist in the core rules. You have 55% pointing to other races that they would like to see kicked out of the PHB - Half-Orcs, Half-Elves, Halflings, Dwarves, Elves, and Humans in decending order. Now, since you can choose only one, you of course choose the race you most dislike. Now, lets say that of the people who voted for gnomes, most of them would also like to see Halflings axed. Now they REALLY hate gnomes, but halflings don't warm their heart either. And lets say halflings are the second choice for just about everyone who voted on the poll... You could easily have 89% of people against halflings - more than those who voted against gnomes - and not know it! Another way of thinking of it is to say that only 10% of players are willing to play a gnome. Well, you think to yourself, that's 10% you can afford to lose. However, what you don't know is how much of that 10% are DM's or influential players within their group. If those players feel disenfranchised and they have pull as to what is played, how likely are those groups to actually play D&D 5th Edition? We might be looking at a good 33% of groups switching to Pathfinder - because Pathfinder has Gnomes, and we want to keep Johnny Coolbeans happy. EVERYONE likes Johnny Coolbeans. That's 33% of the market that WotC cannot afford to lose over a stinky gnome! And all they had to do to keep that demographic is plug the big-nosed buggers into the original release of the PHB! Does that make sense? [/QUOTE]
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