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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgon Zee" data-source="post: 7657152" data-attributes="member: 75787"><p>#15: Don't care and doesn't impact me</p><p>#14: Seems possible, but again, so long as both are well supported, doesn't change anything</p><p>#13: The critical question is the form of the OGL. If it's a poison-pill OGL or too limited to be safe to use, it will just be ignored</p><p>#12-9: Whatever -- Robotech tactics, really?</p><p>#8: Terrorism and current high gas prices (?) make people buy less RPGs? This seems a very unlikely prediction. I'd suggest looking a Kickstarter trends to see that if anything, we will see an increase.</p><p>#7: I have no idea or interest</p><p>#6: As always, any poll based on popular votes will go to the most popular system (e.g. origins). As always, votes by experts will stay well away from these (The Diana Jones awards). The statement that 5e has "unbeatable rules" is only true for popularity contests. I think you'll find that a significant number of people think the rules are pretty good for D&D but by no means the best rules possible for any system</p><p>#5: Agree. Indie++ ftw</p><p>#4: Not a chance. Read Hollywood news. Star power is so over as a concept, except for a very select few, and even they cannot make people see otherwise excellent movies like "Edge of Tomorrow". </p><p>#3: Agree. D&D 5e is a clear rejection of moving towards other communities and strongly is a "return to core base" thrust. One piece of evidence for that is the high ratings for all their products here in enworld. Anytime anything gets uniformly good ratings, it says that only dedicated fans are rating it. Anyone who might have been interested in a new direction for D&D has left the ship. </p><p>#2: Yup. Honeymoon over. Too much bad material and failed promises. Gotta have some evidence you will execute to get cash.</p><p>#1: Yup. They lost their way</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgon Zee, post: 7657152, member: 75787"] #15: Don't care and doesn't impact me #14: Seems possible, but again, so long as both are well supported, doesn't change anything #13: The critical question is the form of the OGL. If it's a poison-pill OGL or too limited to be safe to use, it will just be ignored #12-9: Whatever -- Robotech tactics, really? #8: Terrorism and current high gas prices (?) make people buy less RPGs? This seems a very unlikely prediction. I'd suggest looking a Kickstarter trends to see that if anything, we will see an increase. #7: I have no idea or interest #6: As always, any poll based on popular votes will go to the most popular system (e.g. origins). As always, votes by experts will stay well away from these (The Diana Jones awards). The statement that 5e has "unbeatable rules" is only true for popularity contests. I think you'll find that a significant number of people think the rules are pretty good for D&D but by no means the best rules possible for any system #5: Agree. Indie++ ftw #4: Not a chance. Read Hollywood news. Star power is so over as a concept, except for a very select few, and even they cannot make people see otherwise excellent movies like "Edge of Tomorrow". #3: Agree. D&D 5e is a clear rejection of moving towards other communities and strongly is a "return to core base" thrust. One piece of evidence for that is the high ratings for all their products here in enworld. Anytime anything gets uniformly good ratings, it says that only dedicated fans are rating it. Anyone who might have been interested in a new direction for D&D has left the ship. #2: Yup. Honeymoon over. Too much bad material and failed promises. Gotta have some evidence you will execute to get cash. #1: Yup. They lost their way [/QUOTE]
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