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I am willing to bet they will just call it D&D, just like they do now.

Just because lots of people disagree with you it doesn't mean we are trying to shut you up. Maybe lots of people are disagreeing with you because your ideas just aren't that popular here. If you don't want people to argue your opinions, you don't have to post them to a public discussion forum.

2nd edition was also created to stop paying royalties to Gygax. I am sure that there would never have been an AD&D if it wasn't for the royalties. It would have been a lot better for the health of the game if they never had an AD&D. I think there is a pretty good chance TSR would have never...

That just isn't how most players play D&D, especially new players. That may be how a lot of us hardcore players, who hang out here discussing D&D for hours every day may play. The overwhelming majority of players just don't care about min-maxing and optimizing there character. Most players...

Wouldn't attempting to move away from using "edition" for weak reasoning be misusing the term? I am not sure I see the difference.

They are factoring it in, but I really think the WotC (and me as well), thinks that most groups aren't going to play with both at once. That is just not the way most 5e players play the game. Those of us on the forums are the most hardcore of the hardcore players. We really are not a accurate...

WotC is really in a no win situation here. The term edition has been so misused so much by D&D over the years, that it has no actual meaning. No mater how they use it, there will inevitably be people who claim they are using it wrong. I really think that their plan of dropping edition...

They did a clean start with the evergreen model. 5e was designed from the start to be evergreen. They announced that before 5e was even released. I am not sure how they could even have an evergreen edition without having to "mix editions". There will be people who consider any revision to...

I'm sorry I misread your post on 2e being "stagnant" and though you were on the 5e is stagnant side. I need to stop posting late at night. Sorry.

And he crossed the line with Hobbit™. There was no way the Tolkien estate would let him get away with that. Even in the wild-west days of early RPG's that was a step to far. Not just taking inspiration from Tolkien, but actually using the trademarked and copywritten term Hobbit.

Well I am, That was the main thrust of my argument. I don't need to just discuss what you want. I get you point, I just disagree with it. You think there is no benefit to WotC's evergreen model, only downside. I see huge benefits with making the game evergreen. If they call there new game...

Maybe I just have a higher opinion on the abilities of D&D players to handle change, and think the changes are a lot less disruptive than you do. I really don't see the changes as much more than the revised ranger in Tasha's. 5e already has 2 different versions of the ranger, and it doesn't...

I have never said you can't talk about it, or tried to stop you. I just think you are wrong, and disagreed with what you said. You have every right to post your opinion here, just like I have every right to disagree with you. Just because I disagree with you , it doesn't mean I am trying to...

Ultimately the question isn't if the are going to be losing some players with the new book. Of course they will. They lose players every time they release a book. The real question WotC is interested in is will the new books bring to more new players than they lose?

It really isn't, but even if it was, why does that matter? Even if it did matter, are you saying they were wrong when 5e was launched? I am pretty sure most player of 5e when it launched were players of older editions. They aren't now, there has been a massive increase in new players, but...

Absolutely, I never meant to imply they were at all similar. At worst Gygax was a bit of a selfish dick, but LaNasa is nothing more than an incompetent, lying, conman.

That has nothing to do with what I am talking about. Do you think most new players and groups are going to use both books at once, or do you think that new groups are just going to buy the current book on Amazon or Target and just start playing? You don't think that most groups that end up...

Do you really think that any of us here are actually going to be confused when the new version comes out? We are d&d nerds, who spend all day discussing the game online. None of us are actually going to be confused. Some of us may not like the new rules, but that is not the same thing. I...

Maybe the birds aren't real? I am still predicting thing are going to work out fine. Seriously what problems are you predicting that would take more than a 5 minute discussion with your group to solve?

How many groups are actually going to be using the 2014 and 2024 books at the same time? How many groups that actually use both will actually have any problems or confusion? For the vast majority of new players they are just going to buy the new books at the store and use them. I don't see...