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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8415561" data-attributes="member: 86653">Some, sure. But not all. And not all of them will stick around. That's what I'm talking about. The people who stick around aren't the "fad fans". They're fans. Just like the rest of us. The ones I'm referring to are the ones who will tire of the hobby and leave when it's not in the middle of the big pop culture moment it's having right now. They're fans of the fad, not the game. I'm guessing, just like the last big mainstream pop culture surge of interest in D&D, that the majority will simply stop playing. They're the ones I'm talking about.For a time, sure. And again, I'm not saying they'll all split. But assuming they'll all stay is a mistake. Just like assuming they'll all leave is a mistake. We don't know how many will stick around. So designing the game to their preferences seems like a complete mistake.Until the bubble bursts and the fad fans scatter to the wind.Again, that's not what I'm saying.Not really unprecedented at all. Some people started with one edition and just kept on playing it. Simply because a new edition is published doesn't mean that the old books spontaneously combust and the fan base is legally required to buy and play the new game. So the publication of new editions is basically irrelevant. I started with B/X in 84 because that's all my older brother would let me touch, me being 8 years younger and all. The old "it's Basic so it's kids' stuff...we're teenagers and we played Advanced D&D". But we soon were all playing AD&D...and we kept on playing AD&D until 2009ish. We skipped three-ish editions of the game. Mine is not a unique experience.Only if they stuck with 5E. There's no reason to make that assumption.LOL. Not really. AD&D lasted 12 years. AD&D2E lasted 11 years. Depending on when you start counting, either with B/X or BECMI, That version of Basic lasted either 17 or 19 years. Then there's players who didn't instantly adopt the newest edition, like us. We played AD&D for 25 years...despite newer editions.</blockquote>

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