The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Asisreo]

I don't understand some other forum's raw hatred for WoTC. Like, don't get me wrong, they aren't a perfect company by a mile but the way they're talked about would make you believe they have the habit of pushing grandma's down a flight of stairs.

 

[prabe]

Someone has provided me with an opening, and I will not--I will not--take advantage of it.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I don't understand some other forum's raw hatred for WoTC. Like, don't get me wrong, they aren't a perfect company by a mile but the way they're talked about would make you believe they have the habit of pushing grandma's down a flight of stairs.

Can't you see? They've absolutely destroyed Dungeons & Dragons! It's teetering on the edge of disaster and irrelevancy!

 

[J.Quondam]

I don't understand some other forum's raw hatred for WoTC. Like, don't get me wrong, they aren't a perfect company by a mile but the way they're talked about would make you believe they have the habit of pushing grandma's down a flight of stairs.

Impotent neckbeard rage is neckbeardedly impotent. Whatchagonnado?

 

[RealAlHazred]

Impotent neckbeard rage is neckbeardedly impotent. Whatchagonnado?

"Yer damn right it's important!" goes back to combing neckbeard

 

[trappedslider]

the habit of pushing grandma's down a flight of stairs.

You push ONE grandma down a flight of stairs and you're labeled for life

 

[overgeeked]

Can't you see? They've absolutely destroyed Dungeons & Dragons! It's teetering on the edge of disaster and irrelevancy!

It’s always been irrelevant. It’s an elfgame for people with too much time and money on their hands. Just because adults take it far too seriously doesn’t mean it’s in any way actually relevant.

 

[Asisreo]

You push ONE grandma down a flight of stairs and you're labeled for life

If you couldn't make it look like an accident, you kinda deserve it

Anyways, off that grim note:

Has anyone noticed pizza restaurants rarely have anchovies anymore?

 

[CleverNickName]

I don't understand some other forum's raw hatred for WoTC. Like, don't get me wrong, they aren't a perfect company by a mile but the way they're talked about would make you believe they have the habit of pushing grandma's down a flight of stairs.

From what I have gathered on Reddit and within these forums, Wizards of the Coast is guilty of a whole litany of crimes, including but not limited to:

1. Making new editions instead of just reprinting AD&D over and over again.
2. Not being TSR, as if that were a bad thing
3. Not asking me, D&D's truest and oldest fan, for my vital input on anything. Not even once. I was standing here the whole time, too. I could have saved them so much time and avoided so many mistakes, but they never even asked me. Why, oh why, didn't they just ask me?
4. Inviting the "wrong people" to play MY game.
5. Not hiring Larry Elmore, Jeff Easley, and Clyde Caldwell to do the artwork
6. Offering delicious pineapple as a pizza topping
7. Not using THAC0, not requiring us to roll 3d6 in order, and otherwise updating the rules (see #3, above)
8. Having the audacity to publish Magic: the Gathering
9. Having the audacity to be popular and -gasp! mainstream.
10. Being successful in a challenging industry, unlike my beloved TSR
11. Updating D&D for the internet age
12. Updating D&D for younger generations
13. Not turning back the clock to the 1980s and letting me relive my teenage years
14. Making me feel old
15. Being cooler than TSR
16. Being cooler than me

I'm sure there are more, but these are the most-mentioned ones.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Can't you see? They've absolutely destroyed Dungeons & Dragons! It's teetering on the edge of disaster and irrelevancy!

And I feel dirty for defending them. I'm pretty anti-capitalist, and having to take the side of a for-profit corporation makes me feel weird.

They're definitely not perfect and have made a ton of mistakes throughout the years, but they're definitely not the evil, scheming villains that a ton of people on this site make them out to be.