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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 7647864" data-attributes="member: 10479">Not for me, for himself.  I'm often surprsed when folks can't pick up on what is happening on their own but sometimes time and other factors makes it tough to keep an eye on things.  I've been following this closely for years, online and by discussing things with individuals at conventions and elsewhere.  If you're looking for me to give you a direct quote from someone who has confided in me, you'll be waiting a long time and as you point out in the second half of your post, it's easy to dismiss someone out of hand even with two decades of industry experience like RyanD.  If you want to educate yourself and come to similar conclusions (never a guarentee), then you have to do some of your own heavy lifting.  It helps to begin by asking some of the right questions.By his account they are at the beginnings of one.  Do you disagree?  Four years ago I would have said they were just at the end of an edition cycle, were hitting some bumps working out the new licensing scheme they were trying to produce, and making a few missteps in their hype/marketing of the new edition.  It did seem like an awkward period but the new edition was scheduled for June 8th release in 2008 and even some fumbling of the roll out was likely to be squelched by the new shiny of the game.  How do you feel that has gone now that we're three and a half years beyond that release?  How's the market look?  What are the latest indicators as to how the brand is doing?  Do you know if anything new is happening with the game?  Anything so new as to suspect things will suddenly be as bright and shiny as when they rescued the brand from TSR, put out a new edition when hundreds of small publishers were helping support the game and their market share was as high as many have ever seen it since the Eighties? (Look it up . . .)As to your opinion that RyanD has a bias, one could just as easily claim that anyone with an opinion has a bias.  His, however, at least comes with a couple decades of expereince on the subject he is discussing.  But, you can read around a bit and determine if that is truly a factor for youself, if that's not too much trouble and you don't need it served up to you more directly.  Someone can also click on your posts here on EN World and get a better handle on what drives the nine months of your limited posting history.  All we can really do is look into things and then make decisions based on that knowledge and our own experience.</blockquote>

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