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<blockquote data-quote="Garmorn" data-source="post: 5013795" data-attributes="member: 430">Well I think Internet Polls are worth something but not as polls.&nbsp; If you are responsible for market research they tend to bring up things that the researches might not thought of.&nbsp; The debates that are not just flames does let a few who have not made up their minds.&nbsp; It also give them contrary views to consider.As far as the results.&nbsp; I think it has more to do with the amount of change between systems as much as anything else.I remember a similar split in D&amp;D players when AD&amp;D1 split with the Basic rules.&nbsp;&nbsp; There was a major over haul of the system along with two supported systems.&nbsp; Between AD&amp;D 1 and 2 the changes where mild and more evolutionary the revolutionary.&nbsp; There was some dissatisfaction, players staying with the older rules ect. but not near as much.AD&amp;D to 3e was again a major change.&nbsp; Again the split happened.&nbsp; Not nearly as bad as between AD&amp;D and Basic but worst then between 1 and 2.Along comes 4e.&nbsp; A major revolution in design.&nbsp; Some will even say radical.&nbsp; Radical changes tend to put people off.&nbsp; Specially in a roleplaying group.&nbsp; It can mean the death of old characters and campiagns.&nbsp; Cause vast changes in a DM's home brew world ect.&nbsp; This one not only did that but also altered the feel and flow of the game in the short and long run.&nbsp; Add to that we again have two competing versions that are getting major support.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garmorn, post: 5013795, member: 430"] Well I think Internet Polls are worth something but not as polls. If you are responsible for market research they tend to bring up things that the researches might not thought of. The debates that are not just flames does let a few who have not made up their minds. It also give them contrary views to consider. As far as the results. I think it has more to do with the amount of change between systems as much as anything else. I remember a similar split in D&D players when AD&D1 split with the Basic rules. There was a major over haul of the system along with two supported systems. Between AD&D 1 and 2 the changes where mild and more evolutionary the revolutionary. There was some dissatisfaction, players staying with the older rules ect. but not near as much. AD&D to 3e was again a major change. Again the split happened. Not nearly as bad as between AD&D and Basic but worst then between 1 and 2. Along comes 4e. A major revolution in design. Some will even say radical. Radical changes tend to put people off. Specially in a roleplaying group. It can mean the death of old characters and campiagns. Cause vast changes in a DM's home brew world ect. This one not only did that but also altered the feel and flow of the game in the short and long run. Add to that we again have two competing versions that are getting major support. [/QUOTE]

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