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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nakia" data-source="post: 2635800" data-attributes="member: 25747">I'm male.I'll take a stab at a few of those questions as well, since I have some time this morning (to hell with grading papers!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I'm fairly neutral on this one; as a consumer, I just need an organized site that allows me to find what I need quickly, while allowing me to explore some new stuff.  The separation seems to facilitate that; I'd like to see a little better up front indication of whats on "the edge" and what's on the main site, though.I understand that some people are frustrated.  Prizes were promised and it's taken a long time to get them.  But I never dontated to get any prizes whatsoever, I just donated to help the site.  Anything else (I'm sure I'm not the only one that recieved some PDF's via email) that I receive is just gravy.Both.  In the long term, kids have to be brought into the hobby.  That's easier to do if parents have less qualms about buying books for their kids -- qualms that arise due to perceived sexual, violent, or otherwise problematic content.  It was a business and PR move for WotC to add those guidelines and I understand why they did so.  In general, though, I want as many books to be published with as many different points of view as the market will allow.  That helps the market and the hobby as well.  I still think there is room for those books to be published.Not to sound wishy-washy, but I think the answer is both, again.  Whether or not someone feels awkward buying or purchaising a book with a "risque" cover or theme is something that's really determined by the purchaser, not the publisher.  Personally, I don't care what the clerk of bookstore X thinks about me when I buy whatever it is I'm buying.  The publisher wants to sell his or her product.  To do so the product must get noticed.  Striking cover art gets the book noticed.  In general, role-playing is now a hobby engaged in mostly by adults (at least folks over 17 or so), so products that cater to adult tastes/ are marketed towards the dominant demographic are fine.  I hope, though, that effort is taken to bring children into the hobby and that future development of the hobby is not sacrificed to present sales.</blockquote>

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