Rykion
Explorer
Nope. MerricB gets excited about D&D stuff. Some people I know get excited about sports or music. I don't go overboard on things, but to each their own. MerricB appears to be a genuinely optimistic and nice guy to me.two said:Is it just me, or is anyone else out there a little perplexed by the wild excitement of the MerricB's on this board?
Actually, I think WotC does want to make a better game that most people will find more fun. Making money and pleasing your customers are not mutually exclusive. In fact, it's pretty hard to make money by not pleasing your customers. WotC isn't taking the earlier editions away from anyone that wants to continue playing them.two said:As gamers, and consumers, we know why they are doing this: again, to make money. It's not because our 3.5 games suddenly became unplayable. It's not because we were clamoring for 4E (the majority of gamers in most polls on this site didn't desire 4E for a number of years yet, if at all). It's not because WOTC really wants to make the game more fun for us; if their new release manages this, that's a bonus.
They aren't. Some people are and some people aren't.two said:So, honestly, why is everyone getting so excited/crazy about this?
You do realize this forum was created as a fansite about the rumors for 3rd ed right? I'm jazzed about 4th ed, but won't buy it sight unseen.two said:Isn't it, well, more normal to, well, you know, actually view a new product with a modicum of skepticism, educate yourself about it (after it is released), and only then - if what you see matches your expectations - get excited about it and buy it?
Fortunately we're discussing a hobby here. No one will be left dead due to unwarranted optimism about 4th Ed D&D. Now if someone wanders into the steam tunnels things might get dicey.two said:The trouble is, you never know when "all else [is] equal."
Is there anything more depressing than a blind optimist, striding confidently into doom? I am thinking of those poor early Western explorers who packed up their bags, set out for Kansas, and (in the fact of their own inexperience and the advice of friends) managed to freeze to death during the winter, both husband, wife, and three children. Go West, my Son, and be Optimistic. Just have your eyes open, eh?