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[3.5] Threat ranges no longer stack!
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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 975373" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>The last two conventions I've been to, no one had even heard of ENWorld, except for one DM, who spoke of it like it was some mystical far away land that few ever actually visited for any period of time. Most of my players learned of EN's site when we first started 3E, and I needed some explanation of AoOs. ENWorld has a disproportinately higher number of DMs than the actual playerbase at large.</p><p></p><p>My high school friends, who I see occasionaly, play 3E off and on, and they've never been here, nor have anyone they knew. They don't even know that 3.5 is imminent, let alone have an opinion of it.</p><p></p><p>hong is also a large contributor to the USENET D&D groups, as well as a variety of other sources. I saw him on USENET long before I noticed him here, and they don't have the same environment there as we do here, nor does Dragonsfoot, Nutkinland and others. I would expect him to have at least some perspective of online fandom, simply because he posts and reads in so many different places.</p><p></p><p>If anything, ENWorld is very non-representative for all the reasons mentioned above, and more. The fact that ENWorld is moderated discourages some from posting here...just check over on Nutkinland or RPG.net, for example. Over on WOTC's forums, they tend to display different (often more vitrolic) attitudes altogether. Intuitively, I would guess that more players would go to WOTC's site, and learn of ENWorld, than the other way around. But I don't think that WOTC's boards are any more representative of the overall playerbase than we are, or the Third Edition, RPG.net, gaming report or anywhere else.</p><p></p><p>On top of all that, I think most folks would agree that ENWorld is DM heavy. It's my perception that a higher percentage of DMs post here than elsewhere. And if there's one lesson that WOTC has learned, it's that players buy more stuff than DMs. I don't think it's a simple task to read the D&D playerbase...if it was, TSR might still be in business, and WOTC need never have done marketing research.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 975373, member: 151"] The last two conventions I've been to, no one had even heard of ENWorld, except for one DM, who spoke of it like it was some mystical far away land that few ever actually visited for any period of time. Most of my players learned of EN's site when we first started 3E, and I needed some explanation of AoOs. ENWorld has a disproportinately higher number of DMs than the actual playerbase at large. My high school friends, who I see occasionaly, play 3E off and on, and they've never been here, nor have anyone they knew. They don't even know that 3.5 is imminent, let alone have an opinion of it. hong is also a large contributor to the USENET D&D groups, as well as a variety of other sources. I saw him on USENET long before I noticed him here, and they don't have the same environment there as we do here, nor does Dragonsfoot, Nutkinland and others. I would expect him to have at least some perspective of online fandom, simply because he posts and reads in so many different places. If anything, ENWorld is very non-representative for all the reasons mentioned above, and more. The fact that ENWorld is moderated discourages some from posting here...just check over on Nutkinland or RPG.net, for example. Over on WOTC's forums, they tend to display different (often more vitrolic) attitudes altogether. Intuitively, I would guess that more players would go to WOTC's site, and learn of ENWorld, than the other way around. But I don't think that WOTC's boards are any more representative of the overall playerbase than we are, or the Third Edition, RPG.net, gaming report or anywhere else. On top of all that, I think most folks would agree that ENWorld is DM heavy. It's my perception that a higher percentage of DMs post here than elsewhere. And if there's one lesson that WOTC has learned, it's that players buy more stuff than DMs. I don't think it's a simple task to read the D&D playerbase...if it was, TSR might still be in business, and WOTC need never have done marketing research. [/QUOTE]
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