Not really surprising. Gaming is a social activity, so finding a gaming group has the initial hurdle of finding new friends (or at least people you can enjoy hanging out with). That's an issue that most people find daunting when their social situation changes because of...
The 'real' suite? No, that was Rel, Nar, Trill, JC and Seonaid last time. Although word has it that we'll have *two* suites this year...
I'm just in a 'regular' suite.
Kid Cthulhu or Quartermoon going to be there this year?
Careful with the 'pirates' name calling there, skippy. Some of us have no problem paying for what we use.
I was in a 4e campaign for around a year. Played an eladrin rogue. So for my $10/month, I got use out of the PHB (which I'd bought in hardcover) and a small fraction of Martial Power...
They diddled around and never got the CB updated with Dark Sun (and now we know why), so if you want it (which, since we're starting up a DS game, I kinda did) in the CB, the new online-version is the only way you'll get it.
Bad analogy. Steam doesn't charge you a monthly fee to access content you paid for, and WotC isn't selling you the character generator, only access to it.
So they just went from getting a little bit of money from me a few times a year to getting no money from me at all. No way am I paying a monthly sub for access to new material I'm likely not using, and holding my characters hostage in the meantime.
I'm not surprised -- they should have done it...
D'oh. Didn't see this until just now. I do have a plethora of bookmarks, though, from when I pre-ordered the books. As I take great pleasure in reminding madwabbit.
It went well, I think. I ran the same game at Boston Gameday last weekend, and it went pretty much the same. It takes a while...
Thanks to all our GM and attendees for making this the biggest DC Gameday ever. If you've got to be a victim, being a victim of your own success is the way to go. Special thanks to all the out of towners -- when people are willing to spend money on airfare or endure hours in the car to come...